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Coleophora salinella

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Coleophora salinella
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C. salinella
Binomial name
Coleophora salinella
Stainton, 1859[1]

Coleophora salinella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Great Britain to Ukraine, south to the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Cyprus.

The wingspan is 8.5–13 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Atriplex littoralis, Atriplex patula, Atriplex prostrata and 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.

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