Ballota species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera including Coleophora case-bearers : C. ballotella , C. lineolea -LRB- which has been recorded on B. nigra -RRB- and C. ochripennella .

They are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera including Coleophora case-bearers : C. ballotella , C. lineolea -LRB- which has been recorded on B. nigra -RRB- and C. ochripennella .
