Coleophora adspersella

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| image = Coleophora adspersella, Deeside, North Wales, Sept 2011 (19474489381).jpg

| image_caption = larva in case

| taxon = Coleophora adspersella

| authority = Benander, 1939[https://web.archive.org/web/20121012224141/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=436263 Fauna Europaea]Benander, P. (1939): "Die Coleophoriden Schwedens. Fortsetzung".Opuscula entomologica 4: 30-110.

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Coleophora adspersella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland and Slovenia.[http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ENT_0019_0033-0044.pdf The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)] It is also found in China.[http://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/periodical_nkdx199903034.aspx "Three New Species And Seven Newly Recorded Species Of The Genus Coleophora From China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)"] It occurs in forest and forest steppe biotopes, and in anthropogenic landscapes where the food plant occurs.

The wingspan is {{cvt|13|–|16|mm}}. Coleophora species have narrow blunt to pointed forewings and a weakly defined tornus. The hindwings are narrow-elongate and very long-fringed. The upper surfaces have neither a discal spot nor transverse lines. Each abdomen segment of the abdomen has paired patches of tiny spines which show through the scales. The resting position is horizontal with the front end raised and the cilia give the hind tip a frayed and upturned look if the wings are rolled around the body.[https://www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?bf=5670 Image from norfolkmoths]

Emmet A.M., Langmaid J.R., Bland K.P., Corley M.G.V. & Razowski J, Coleophoridae in A. Maitland Emmet ed., 1996 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae)

They are on wing from June to August.[https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=567 UKmoths]

The larvae feed on Atriplex and Chenopodium species. They feed on the seeds and later form a ribbed case in which they hibernate.