Species Details

ABH: 37.038

BF: 522

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora lineolea

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Woundwort Case-bearer

Account: Local in hedgerows and waste ground throughout much of southern England and Wales, with records north to Yorkshire Candidates for this species can be picked out by the yellow-ochreous wing veins, but is more easily verified at the larval stage with its distinctive case made of rings of mined leaf, fully developed in May. Larva mines leaves of labiates, in particular Hedge Woundwort and Black Horehound, but also uses White Horehound and Betony.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 11 — 14.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (2003) — 24 Aug (2008)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Ballota nigra (Black Horehound), Marrubium sp., Stachys sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coleophora-lineolea/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2020

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