Coleophora squalorella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Austria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine and from the Netherlands to the Baltic states. It is also known from the lower Volga and Ural regions of RussiaFauna Europaea and China.Checklist and new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group from China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) It occurs in steppe and semi-desert biotopes.
The wingspan is . Adults are on wing in August.The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
The larvae feed on Chenopodium album, Chenopodium rubrum, Chenopodium murale and possibly Atriplex species. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.
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