Metriotes lutarea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Metriotes |
Species: | M. lutarea |
Binomial name | |
Metriotes lutarea | |
Synonyms | |
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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]
The wingspan is 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in). 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]
Adrian Hardy Haworth was an English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist.
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