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.