Coleophora partitella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia and to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from France to Poland.

Coleophora partitella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. partitella
Binomial name
Coleophora partitella Zeller, 1849[1]
Synonyms
Ischnophanes davidii Nemes, 2003

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.[2]

The larvae feed on Achillea millefolium, Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia alba. They create a laterally strongly compressed, two-valved, black silken case of 10-11.5 mm long. The rear end is narrowed and the mouth angle is 20-25°.[3] Larvae can be found from September to May.

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