Tortricidae : Tortricinae
Cochylis hybridella
COCHYLIS hybridella (Hübner, [1813])
Cochylis hybridella
COCHYLIS hybridella (Hübner, [1813])
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: White-bodied Conch
Wingspan: 12 - 16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Greece,Lithuania,Norway and most Mediterranean Islands ) : Asia Minor : Lebanon : Armenia : Amur : Shansi : Japan
UK Distribution: Local throughout much of England and southern Wales being more local in northern England
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Chalk,Limestone and Sandy Grassland
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewings are whitish with grey or brown mottling and a brown,grey edged median band that is wide at dorsum,narrow at costa and broken between the two.Highlighted with a reddish or reddish brown marking at the apex.
The moth moth a local species throughout much of England and southern Wales and more local further north.
The moth flies in the evening and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 12 - 16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding ( Greece,Lithuania,Norway and most Mediterranean Islands ) : Asia Minor : Lebanon : Armenia : Amur : Shansi : Japan
UK Distribution: Local throughout much of England and southern Wales being more local in northern England
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea hybridella (Hübner, [1813])
- Tortrix rubellana Hübner,1823
- Europe
Habitat: Chalk,Limestone and Sandy Grassland
Similar Species -
- Cochylis dubitana (Hübner, [1799])
- Cochylis atricapitana (Stephens, 1852)
- Cochylis molliculana Zeller, 1847
- Phtheochroa sodaliana (Haworth, 1811)
- Eupoecilia angustana (Hübner, [1799])
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: The forewings are whitish with grey or brown mottling and a brown,grey edged median band that is wide at dorsum,narrow at costa and broken between the two.Highlighted with a reddish or reddish brown marking at the apex.
The moth moth a local species throughout much of England and southern Wales and more local further north.
The moth flies in the evening and is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Picris hieracioides - Hawkweed Ox-Tongue
- Helminthotheca echioides - Bristly Oxtongue
Taxonomomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Tortricinae Cochylini COCHYLIS Treitschke 1829 Cochylis hybridella (Hübner, [1813]) - Tortrix rubellana Hübner,1823 - TINEA hybridella (Hübner, [1813]) = dissolutana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847 = Cochylis carduana Zeller, 1847 = Phalonia = Conchylis clarana Caradja, 1916 - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 : Lepidoptera V111 : Tinea 111 : pl. 51, - f. 351 - Europe |