| Coleophora sylvaticella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. sylvaticella |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora sylvaticella Wood, 1892[1] |
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Coleophora sylvaticella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found from Norway and Sweden to France, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland and Slovakia.
The wingspan is 11-12 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June.[2]
The larvae feed on the seeds of Luzula sylvatica. They form a case. Larvae overwinter twice.[3]