Coleophora lineolea
| Coleophora lineolea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Coleophora |
| Species: | C. lineolea |
| Binomial name | |
| Coleophora lineolea (Haworth, 1828)[1] | |
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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.[2]
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°.[3] Full-grown larvae can be found from the end of May to the end of July.
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