Coleophora lineolea

Coleophora lineolea
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

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

Mined leaf of Ballota nigra
Larva
Larval case

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.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ UKmoths
  3. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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