Coleophora lusciniaepennella

Coleophora lusciniaepennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, the Mediterranean islands and most of the Balkan Peninsula and Russia. It occurs in forest-steppe biotopes.

Coleophora lusciniaepennella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. lusciniaepennella
Binomial name
Coleophora lusciniaepennella (Treitschke, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
Ornix lusciniaepennella Treitschke, 1833 Coleophora viminetella Zeller, 1849 Coleophora orbitella Herrich-Schäffer, 1853 nec Zeller, 1849 (misid.) Coleophora draghiaella Capuse, 1971

The wingspan is 10–13.5 mm (0.39–0.53 in). It is a nondescript plain fuscous or ochreous-brown species only reliably identified by dissection and microscopic examination of the genitalia. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Myrica gale, Populus tremula, Salix alba, Salix aurita, Salix babylonica, Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, Salix dasyclados, Salix fragilis, Salix glabra, Salix pentandra, Salix repens, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They create a bivalved composite leaf case of 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in). It is rather strongly compressed and keeled and has a mouth angle of 30-45°.[2] Full-grown larvae can be found at the end of May.

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