Coleophora pyrrhulipennella 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

Fennoscandia and Fenno-Scandinavia are geographic and geological terms used to describe the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Kola Peninsula, Karelia and Finland...

 to the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Sea

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 and from Ireland

Ireland

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 and Portugal

Portugal

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 to Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 and Crete

Crete

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.
The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 11-14 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.

The larvae feed on Calluna vulgaris, Erica arborea, Erica cinerea

Erica cinerea

Erica cinerea is a species of heather, native to western and central Europe. It is a low shrub growing to tall, with fine needle-like leaves long arranged in whorls of three...

, Erica manipuliflora and Erica tetralix

Erica tetralix

Erica tetralix is a species of heather found in Atlantic areas of Europe, from southern Portugal to central Norway, as well as a number of boggy regions further from the coast in Central Europe. In bogs, wet heaths and damp coniferous woodland, Erica tetralix can become a dominant part of the flora...

. They create a shining black, bivalved sheath case of about 9 mm long with a mouth angle of about 20°. Full-grown larvae can be found in mid May. The pupa is formed in the larval case, which is attached to the tip of a shoot.