Coleophora antennariella

Coleophora antennariella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. antennariella
Binomial name
Coleophora antennariella
Herrich-Schaffer, 1861[1]

Coleophora antennariella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Great Britain to Romania, Poland, the Baltic states and northern Russia and from Fennoscandia to France, Italy and Hungary.

The wingspan is 9.5–11 mm.[2] Adults are on wing in May in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the seeds of Luzula pilosa. They live in a moveable case.

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