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Coleophora longicornella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from France to Italy, Greece and Hungary.

Coleophora longicornella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. longicornella
Binomial name
Coleophora longicornella Constant, 1893[1]

The larvae feed on Aster tripolium. The larvae make a corridor mine of up to 25 mm long. Only shortly before pupation (and long after hibernation) a case is made. The case has the form of a yellow-brown tubular silken case of 6–8 mm long with a mouth angle of about 30°.[2] Full-grown larvae can be found as late as July.

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