Coleophora inulae

Coleophora inulae is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Finland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from Great Britain to southern Russia.

Coleophora inulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Coleophoridae
Genus:	Coleophora
Species:	C. inulae
Binomial name
Coleophora inulae Wocke, 1877[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. Adults are white with buff-coloured veins. They are on wing from June to July in western Europe.^[2]

The larvae feed on Eupatorium cannabinum, Inula conyza and Pulicaria dysenterica.^[3] The larvae overwinter twice. Full-grown larvae can be found in autumn of the second year or spring of the third year.