Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Scientific name Coleophora lineolea | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Coleophora Rank Species | |
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Similar Coleophora, Butterflies and moths, Coleophora conspicuella, Coleophora lusciniaepennella, Coleophora ibipennella | ||
Coleophora lineolea is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 11-14.5 mm. Adults have yellowish ochre veins. They are on wing from late June to August.
The larvae feed on Ballota nigra, Lamium, Marrubium vulgare, Phlomis, Stachys alopecuros, Stachys byzantina, Stachys officinalis, Stachys recta and Stachys sylvatica. Young larvae make a full depth, quickly widening corridor. The frass is deposited as small grains in a broad central band. The corridor widens into a blotch from which the youth case is cut. The fully developed case is a hairy, greyish brown to silver grey lobe case of about 10 mm long, with a clearly laterally compressed end. The mouth angle is about 90°. Full-grown larvae can be found from the end of May to the end of July.