Coleophora absinthii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species:
C. absinthii
Binomial name
Coleophora absinthii
Wocke, 1877[1]

Coleophora absinthii is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from France, east to southern Russia and from Fennoscandia south to Switzerland and Romania. It has also been recorded from Sicily.

The wingspan is 14โ€“17 mm.

The larvae feed on Artemisia absinthium. They feed from within a case.[2]

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