Coleophora lineolea

Coleophora lineolea is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe.

Coleophora lineolea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Coleophora
Species:
C. lineolea
Binomial name
Coleophora lineolea
(Haworth, 1828) [1]
Synonyms
  • Porrectaria lineolea Haworth, 1828

The wingspan is 11–14.5 mm (0.43–0.57 in). Adults have yellowish ochre veins. They are on wing from late June to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Labiates including black horehound (Ballota nigra), dead nettles (Lamium species), white horehound (Marrubium vulgare), Phlomis species, Stachys alopecuros, lamb's-ear (Stachys byzantina), betony (Stachys officinalis), stiff hedgenettle (Stachys recta) and hedge woundwort (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 (0.39 in) long, with a clearly laterally compressed end. The mouth angle is about 90°.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found from the end of May to the end of July.

References
  1. "Coleophora lineolea (Haworth, 1828)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  2. Kimber, Ian. "37.038 BF522 Coleophora lineolea (Haworth, 1828)". UKMoths. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  3. "Coleophora lineolea". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
Mined leaf of Ballota nigra
Larva
Larval case


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