Coleophora deviella Zeller, 1847
grey blite case-bearer
Suaeda maritima, Schiermonnikoog, 17.ix.2018 © Arnold Wijker
Suaeda maritima, Schiermonnikoog, Waddenzeedijk, 2.x.2017 © Luc Knijnsberg
Suaeda maritima, Texel, de Volharding, 2.ix.2019 © Lucette Robertson-Proot

from Toll (1962a)
case
Full grown larvae in a pale yellowish brown, trivalved, tubular silken case of c. 9 mm with a mouth angle of 20°-30ª.
host plants
Amaranthaceae, oligophagous
Bassia laniflora; Suaeda maritima.
phenology
Larvae from August on; they are full grown in October (Emmet ao, 1996a)
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Denmark to Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, and Greece, and from Britain to South Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larvaSee Emmet ao (1996a).
synonyms
Coleophora suaedivora Meyrick, 1928; C. maeniacella: Toll, 1952.
notes
The larvae feed both on the developing fruits and the leaves. The cases are sitting rather prominently on top of the plants (Fairclough, 1984a).
references
Baldizzone (1982e, 1983c), Baldizzone & Triberi (1982a), Baldizzone, Tokár, Z S Kovács (2004a), Baldizzone & van der Wolf (2000a), Corley (2005a), Emmet, Langmaid, Bland ao (1996a), Fairclough (1984a), Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein ao (1985a), Hering (1957a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Kaltenbach & Roesler (1985a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Langmaid (1997a), De Prins (1998a), Rickert (2010a, 2011a), Toll (1952a, 1962a), Wegner (2013a).