Coleophora adjectella

Coleophora adjectella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Scandinavia to Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and Greece and from Great Britain to Poland and Slovakia.[1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Crataegus species, Prunus domestica and Prunus spinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The first larval case is constructed from a cut out area of an oval mine in the centre of the leaf. The second and third cases are cut out of a mine along the leaf margin. The final case is 6–7 mm long, with a bivalved, square-cut rear end. The mouth angle is about 45°.[3] The larvae can be found from August to May in most of the range, but hibernate twice in Denmark.