Coleophora salicorniae
| Coleophora salicorniae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. salicorniae |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora salicorniae Heinemann & Wocke, 1877[1] | |
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Coleophora salicorniae is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, including the Mediterranean Islands and Cyprus. It is also known from central Asia, Iran and the Canary Islands. It occurs in desert biotopes and salt-marshes.
The wingspan is 12–14 mm. Adult are on wing in late July or August.[2]
The larvae feed on Salicornia species. They mainly live as a stem borer, but when almost fully fed it lives in a case for a short while. The case is made out of a cut end of a spike. Just before winter it drops to the ground, leaves its case, and pupates in a silken cocoon in the soil.[3] Cases can be found in October.
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