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.

The wingspan is . Adults are on wing in May and are day-active.

The larvae feed on the seeds of greater stitchwort (Stellaria holostea) and Thesium montanum. 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.

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 Plant Parasites of Europe

Coleophoridae
Moths described in 1828
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth