Coleophora motacillella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from France to southern Russia and from Denmark to Austria and Romania.

Coleophora motacillella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. motacillella
Binomial name
Coleophora motacillella Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
Ecebalia motacillella Coleophora palumbipennella Toll, 1952

Adults are on wing in July and August.[2]

The larvae feed on Chenopodium and Atriplex species. They feed on the generative organs of their host plant.

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