Coleophora deviella

Coleophora deviella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. deviella
Binomial name
Coleophora deviella Zeller, 1847[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora suaedivora Meyrick, 1928 Coleophora maeniacella Toll, 1952

Coleophora deviella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Denmark to Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece and from Great Britain to southern Russia. It occurs in desert-steppe and desert biotopes.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from late June to July in western Europe^[2] and from late May to June in Russia.^[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves and fruits of Bassia laniflora, Suaeda (including Suaeda maritima), Kochia, Salsola and Halostachys species. Full grown larvae live in a pale yellowish brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 9 mm with a mouth angle of 20-30°.^[4] Larvae can be found from August onwards. They are full-grown in October.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. The Moths of Suffolk
3. The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
4. bladmineerders.nl