''Coleophora lineolea'' is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is . Adults have yellowish ochre veins. They are on wing from late June to August. The larvae feed on

Labiate The Lamiaceae ( ) or Labiatae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil, mint, rosemary, sage, savory ...

s including black horehound (''

Ballota nigra ''Ballota nigra'', black horehound, is a perennial herb of the family Lamiaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and to central Asia and it can be found throughout Europe. It is also naturalized in Argentina, New Zealand, and the Eastern ...

''), dead nettles ('' Lamium'' species), white horehound ('' Marrubium vulgare''), '' Phlomis'' species, ''

Stachys alopecuros ''Stachys'' is a genus of plants, one of the largest in the mint family Lamiaceae.Harley, R. M., et al. 2004. "Labiatae". pages 167–275. In: Kubitzki, K. (editor) and J. W. Kadereit (volume editor). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants ...

'', lamb's-ear (''

Stachys byzantina ''Stachys byzantina'' (syn. ''S. lanata''), the lamb's-ear (lamb's ear) or woolly hedgenettle, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to Armenia, Iran, and Turkey.Euro+Med Plantbase''Stachys byzantina''/ref>Huxley, ...

''), betony (''

Stachys officinalis ''Betonica officinalis'' ( syn. ''Stachys officinalis''), commonly known as common hedgenettle, betony, purple betony, wood betony, bishopwort, or bishop's wort, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, wes ...

''), stiff hedgenettle (''

Stachys recta ''Stachys recta'', commonly known as stiff hedgenettle or perennial yellow-woundwort, is herbaceous perennial plant of the family Lamiaceae. Etymology The generic epithet is derived from the Greek word σταχυς (''stachys''), meaning "an ear ...

'') and hedge woundwort (''

Stachys sylvatica ''Stachys sylvatica'', commonly known as hedge woundwort, whitespot, or sometimes as hedge nettle, is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to tall in woodland and unmanaged grassland. In temperate zones of the northern hemisphere it flowers in ...

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

frass Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter. Definition and etymology ''Frass'' is an informal term and accordingly it is variously used and variously defined. It is derived from the G ...

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 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.

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* lineolea Moths described in 1828 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth {{Coleophoridae-stub