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Coleophora alnifoliae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Europe, from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Sardinia, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to the Baltic States and Poland. It is also known from North America.

Coleophora alnifoliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. alnifoliae
Binomial name
Coleophora alnifoliae Barasch, 1934
Synonyms
Coleophora alnivorella McDunnough, 1946

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The moth flies from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on alder, creating a slender, brown spatulate leaf case, in the end about 13 mm long. The mouth angle is about 15°. Larvae appear in September and feed to the end of October, making two youth cases in this period, then go into hibernation. They resume feeding in May and make their final case, in which they pupate around June. In Britain, the larvae often hibernate a second time.

External links

• Media related to Coleophora alnifoliae at Wikimedia Commons
• Coleophora alnifoliae at UKmoths
• Plant Parasites of Europe

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Coleophora alnifoliae (лат.) — вид молевидных бабочек-чехлоносок (Coleophoridae). Европа

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