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Coleophora clypeiferella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. clypeiferella
Binomial name
Coleophora clypeiferella Hofmann, 1871
Synonyms
Ionescumia clypeiferella

Coleophora clypeiferella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to France, Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine. It is also known from the Caucasus and Ural regions of Russia and China. It occurs in steppe and cultivated areas.

The wingspan is about 14 mm (0.55 in). They are on wing in July and August.

The larvae feed on Chenopodium album, Chenopodium rubrum and Chenopodium murale.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
3. Checklist and new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group from China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
4. Kimber, Ian. "37.107 BF589 Coleophora clypeiferella Hofmann, 1871". UKmoths. Retrieved 13 August 2019.

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