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

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm.

The larvae feed on Alnus japonica. They create a grey-brownish, somewhat tubular leaf-case of about 5 mm in length with short dorsal keel. They mine into the leaf of their host plant until October, and passes winter in full-grown stage within the case fastened on the twig.[2]

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