Coleophora salicorniae
Encyclopedia
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.
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 wile. 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. Cases can be found in October.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Coleophoridae
Coleophoridae
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family. It is found in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, including the Mediterranean Islands
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
and Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
. It is also known from central Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and the Canary Islands
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
. It occurs in desert biotopes and salt-marshes.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 12-14 mm. Adult are on wing in late July or August.
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 wile. 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. Cases can be found in October.