Coleophora chenopodii is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in Japan.

Coleophora chenopodii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. chenopodii
Binomial name
Coleophora chenopodii Oku, 1965[1]
Synonyms
Coleophora chenopodi

The wingspan is about 13 mm.

The larvae feed on Chenopodium album. They create a pale ochreous-brown, tubular case of about 5.5 mm in length, with some whitish faint longitudinal streaks. It is covered with minute hairs and sand granules. The larva feeds on the seeds of the host plant until October.[2]

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