title: Coleophora artemisicolella
text: # Coleophora artemisicolella
  
  Coleophora artemisicolella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae found in Europe and across the Palearctic.
  
  ## Description
  
  The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.
  
  The larvae feed on mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). The larvae form a case very closely resembling a seedhead, and moves from seed to seed leaving diagnostic small holes in the side of each one. Normally, the larvae feed on developing fruits, but might stray to the leaves.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to central and southern Russia, further east to Japan.
  
  