Coleophora deviella

Coleophora deviella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. 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.

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

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. "Coleophora deviella Zeller, 1847". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  2. "The Moths of Suffolk". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
  3. The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
  4. Ellis, W N. "Coleophora deviella". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 3 August 2019.


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