''Augasma aeratella'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except most

Fennoscandia __NOTOC__ Fennoscandia (Finnish language, Finnish, Swedish language, Swedish and no, Fennoskandia, nocat=1; russian: Фенноскандия, Fennoskandiya) or the Fennoscandian Peninsula is the geographical peninsula in Europe, which includes ...

and parts of the

Balkan Peninsula The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

). The habitat consists of open landscapes of forest-steppe and steppe biotopes. The wingspan is 9–10 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. The larva live in fusiform

gall Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek , anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues of plants, fungi, or animals. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues, similar to be ...

s on the stems of '' Polygonum aviculare'', '' Polygonum arenarium'' and '' Polygonum lapathifolium''. They can be found from late June to mid-August.The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
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Coleophoridae Moths of Europe Moths of Asia Moths described in 1839 {{Coleophoridae-stub