Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Coleophora therinella is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, Russia, central Asia and Japan. It occurs in steppe biotopes and in anthropogenic areas.The wingspan is 13-16 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. The larvae feed on Carlina, Carduus and Cirsium species. The larvae feed on the seeds of their host plant. They live in a portable case.A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth (about ten times the number of species of butterfly), with thousands of species yet to be described.