Coleophora cartilaginella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It has a disjunct distribution. It has been recorded from the Iberian Peninsula, northern Russia, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia. It is also known from southern Russia, central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. cartilaginella
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Adults are on wing in June.[2]
The larvae feed on Astragalus albicaulis and Medicago species.[3] Larvae can be found from autumn to June of the following year.
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ The Casebearers of the Volga-Ural inter-river region (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae)
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-04-28.
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