Coleophora lineolea is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Coleophoridae

Coleophoridae

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 family. It is found in most of Europe

Europe

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The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 11-14.5 mm. Adults have yellowish ochre veins. They are on wing from late June to August.

The larvae feed on Ballota nigra, Lamium

Lamium

Lamium is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which family it is the type genus...

, Marrubium vulgare

Marrubium vulgare

Marrubium vulgare is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, northern Africa and Asia....

, Phlomis

Phlomis

Phlomis is a genus of about 100 species of herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region east across central Asia to China. Common names include Jerusalem Sage and Lampwick Plant....

, Stachys alopecuros, Stachys byzantina

Stachys byzantina

Stachys byzantina is a species of Stachys, native to Turkey, Armenia, and Iran. It is cultivated over much of the temperate world as an ornamental plant, and is naturalised in some locations as an escape from gardens...

, Stachys officinalis

Stachys officinalis

Stachys officinalis, is commonly known as Purple Betony, Betaine , Betonie , Bishopwort, Lousewort, Wild hop, Wood betony , or Bishop's wort....

, Stachys recta

Stachys recta

Stachys recta, commonly known as Stiff Hedgenettle or Perennial yellow woundwort, is herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the Lamiaceae family.-Etymology:...

and Stachys sylvatica

Stachys sylvatica

Stachys sylvatica, commonly known as Hedge Woundwort, is a perennial grassland herb growing to 80 cm tall....

. Young larvae make a full depth, quickly widening corridor. The frass

Frass

Frass is the fine powdery material phytophagous insects pass as waste after digesting plant parts. It causes plants to excrete chitinase due to high chitin levels, it is a natural bloom stimulant, and has high nutrient levels. Frass is known to have abundant amoeba, beneficial bacteria, and fungi...

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°. Full-grown larvae can be found from the end of May to the end of July.