Coleophora pagodella

Coleophora pagodella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. pagodella
Binomial name
Coleophora pagodella Falkovitsh, 1973[1]

Coleophora pagodella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in Turkestan and Uzbekistan.

The wingspan is about 12 mm.

The larvae feed on the fruit of Salsola species, including Salsola orientalis. They create a case by cutting each hollowed fruit and attaching it to the upper side of another fruit. Toward the end of development, the case consists of three, rarely four fruits. After completing development, larvae exit from the case by cutting a round opening in the last of the hollowed out fruits. They then move into the soil for hibernation, where they weave an oval, compact cocoon. The larvae are light yellow with a chocolate-brown head.^[2]

References

1. Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae
2. Lepidopterous fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries