Metriotes lutarea

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Coleophora lutarea (26615746593).jpg

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| taxon = Metriotes lutarea

| authority = (Haworth, 1828){{cite web |title=Metriotes lutarea (Haworth, 1828) |url=https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/8e6de4a9-f7ab-49bb-98d9-0efb8529a838 |website=Fauna Europaea |accessdate=22 August 2019}}

| synonyms =

• Porrectaria lutarea Haworth, 1828
• Butalis modestella Duponchel, 1839
• Coleophora splendidella Lienig & Zeller, 1846
• Metriotes bucovinella Nemes, 2004

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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.[https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45513705.pdf Catálogo Mundial Sistemático y de Distribución de la Familia Coleophoridae] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924083736/http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/src/inicio/ArtPdfRed.jsp?iCve=45513705 |date=2012-09-24}}

The wingspan is {{cvt|9|–|11|mm}}. Adults are on wing in May and are day-active.{{cite web |last1=Kimber |first1=Ian |title=37.002 BF487 Coleophora lutarea (Haworth, 1828) |url=https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/coleophora-lutarea/ |website=UKmoths |accessdate=22 August 2019}}

The larvae feed on the seeds of greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) and Thesium montanum.{{cite journal |last1=Falkovitsh |first1=M I |title=Host-plant relationships of the casebearers (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae): Communication III |journal=Entomological Review |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=264–286 |doi=10.1134/S0013873806030031 |year=2006 }}