Coleophora salinella

Coleophora salinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. salinella
Binomial name
	Coleophora salinella; Stainton, 1859[1]

Coleophora salinella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 8.5–13 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on grass-leaved orache (Atriplex littoralis), common orache (Atriplex patula), Atriplex prostrata and sea purslane (Halimione portulacoides). Full-grown larvae live in an almost smooth, greyish-brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of about 6 mm. The case has a mouth angle of 30-45°.[3] Larvae can be found from September to October, then they hibernate and pupate in June or July.

Distribution

It is found from Great Britain to Ukraine, south to the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Cyprus.

References

"Coleophora salinella Stainton, 1859". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
"microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-04-27.

 sea purslane

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[1] "Coleophora salinella Stainton, 1859". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[2] "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-04-27.

[3] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-04-27.