''Coleophora antennariella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

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 foun ...

. It is found from

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, the

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and northern

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and from

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and

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. The

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is . Adults are on wing in May in one generation per year. The larvae feed on the seeds of hairy wood-rush (''

Luzula pilosa ''Luzula pilosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae with the common name hairy wood-rush. The plant is native to northern Europe and western Asia. Description ''Luzula pilosa'' is a short, tufted, grass-like perennia ...

'') living in a moveable case.

References

antennariella Moths described in 1861 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer {{Coleophoridae-stub