| Coleophora juncicolella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. juncicolella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora juncicolella Stainton, 1851[1] |
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Coleophora juncicolella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Mediterranean Sea and from Ireland to Poland and Hungary.
The wingspan is 6-8 mm. Adults are grey-white. They are on wing from late June to July in western Europe.[2]
The larvae feed on Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea. They create a small light brown lobe case with a mouth angle of about 40° and a length of about 4 mm. The case is composed of 8-10 small leaf fragments.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found from March to May.