Coleophora squalorella Zeller, 1849
on Chenopodium
case (from Patzak, 1974a)
parasite
The larva feeds on the ripening fruits, living in a case that is completely covered with fragments of flowers and fruits.
host plants
Amaranthaceae, monophagous
phenology
The full-fed larva leaves its case, and spins itself an underground cocoon, in which it pupates in the following spring.
BENELUX
known from the Netherlands (Microlepidoptera.nl).
distribution within Europe
references
Baldizzone (1987b), Biesenbaum (2011a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Kasy (1965a), Patzak (1974a), Pröse (1995a), Schütze (1931a).