Coleophora antennariella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Great Britain to Romania, Poland, the Baltic states and northern Russia and from Fennoscandia to France, Italy and Hungary.
Coleophora antennariella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Coleophora |
Species: | C. antennariella |
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Coleophora antennariella Herrich-Schaffer, 1861[1] | |
The wingspan is 9.5–11 mm (0.37–0.43 in).[2] Adults are on wing in May in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the seeds of hairy wood-rush (Luzula pilosa) living in a moveable case.
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