Coleophora lineolea is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe.
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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. lineolea
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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 edit
- ^ "Coleophora lineolea (Haworth, 1828)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "37.038 BF522 Coleophora lineolea (Haworth, 1828)". UKMoths. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
- ^ "Coleophora lineolea". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
External links edit
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