''Coleophora teredo'' is a

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of the family

Coleophoridae __NOTOC__ The Coleophoridae are a family of small moths, belonging to the huge superfamily Gelechioidea. Collectively known as case-bearers, casebearing moths or case moths, this family is represented on all continents, but the majority are found ...

. It is found in southern

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and central

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. It occurs in desert-steppe biotopes. Adults are on wing from May to June.The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
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''.

References

teredo Moths of Asia Moths described in 1994 {{Coleophoridae-stub