Metriotes lutarea

Metriotes lutarea is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula) and Turkey.[2]

Metriotes lutarea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Coleophoridae
Genus:
Metriotes
Species:
M. lutarea
Binomial name
Metriotes lutarea
Synonyms
  • Porrectaria lutarea Haworth, 1828
  • Butalis modestella Duponchel, 1839
  • Coleophora splendidella Lienig & Zeller, 1846
  • Metriotes bucovinella Nemes, 2004

The wingspan is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing in May and are day-active.[3]

The larvae feed on the seeds of greater stitchwort {Stellaria holostea} and Thesium montanum.[4] At the end of the larval stage it constructs a portable case from a seed capsule and pupation takes place in the bark of a tree.

References
  1. "Metriotes lutarea (Haworth, 1828)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. Catalogo Mundial Sistematico y de Distribucion de la Familia Coleophoridae Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Kimber, Ian. "37.002 BF487 Coleophora lutarea (Haworth, 1828)". UKmoths. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. Falkovitsh, M I (2006). "Host-plant relationships of the casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III". Entomological Review. 86 (3): 264–286. doi:10.1134/S0013873806030031.


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