Coleophora enkomiella

Coleophora enkomiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Coleophora
Species: C. enkomiella
Binomial name
Coleophora enkomiella
Baldizzone & Oku, 1988

Coleophora enkomiella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found on the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan.

The wingspan is about 11 mm.[1] Adults are on wing in high summer.

The larvae feed on Artemisia princeps and Artemisia montana.[2] They make blotch-mines on the leaves of their host plant in autumn.

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