Coleophora clypeiferella is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Coleophoridae

Coleophoridae

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 family. It is found from Fennoscandia

Fennoscandia

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 to France

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, Austria

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, Hungary

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 and Bulgaria

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 and from Great Britain

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 to Latvia

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, Lithuania

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 and Ukraine

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. It is also known from the Caucasus and Ural regions of Russia

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 and China

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. It occurs in steppe and cultivated areas.

The wingspan

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 is about 14 mm. Adults have an unusual sclerotised plate on the tip of the abdomen containing small spines, which is probably used to help break out of the pupal cocoon. They are on wing in July and August.

The larvae feed on Chenopodium album

Chenopodium album

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, Chenopodium rubrum

Chenopodium rubrum

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and Chenopodium murale

Chenopodium murale

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. They feed on the seedheads of their host plant and form a case made from fragments of seed during September and October.