Coleophora albicostella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Latvia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Greece and Cyprus.

Coleophora albicostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. albicostella
Binomial name
Coleophora albicostella (Duponchel, 1842)[1]
Synonyms
Ornix albicostella Duponchel, 1842 Coleophora approximata Gozmany, 1956

The larvae feed on Fragaria vesca, Potentilla cinerea, Potentilla palustris and Potentilla tabaernaemontani. They create a yellowish white spatulate leaf case. It strongly compressed laterally and bivalved.[2] Larvae can be found from autumn to May.

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