| Cochylimorpha alternana | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Cochylimorpha |
| Species: | C. alternana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cochylimorpha alternana | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cochylimorpha alternana is a moth from the family Tortricidae. It is found from France and Great Britain east to the Ural Mountains and Asia Minor. It is also present in North Africa ( Libya) and Iran. [3]
The wingspan is 20–24 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and June and again in August. [4]
The larvae feed on the flower buds and developing florets of Centaurea scabiosa.
References
- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
- ^ lepiforum.de
- Aarvik, L., Berggren, K. og Hansen, L.O. (2000) Catalogus Lepidopterorum Norvegiae. Lepidopterologisk Arbeidsgruppe/Norsk Institutt for Skogforskning. ISBN 82-995095-1-3
- Website Svenska Fjärilar, with image gallery: [1]
- Cochylimorpha alternana on UK moths: [2]
| Cochylimorpha alternana | |
|---|---|
|
| |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Cochylimorpha |
| Species: | C. alternana
|
| Binomial name | |
| Cochylimorpha alternana | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Cochylimorpha alternana is a moth from the family Tortricidae. It is found from France and Great Britain east to the Ural Mountains and Asia Minor. It is also present in North Africa ( Libya) and Iran. [3]
The wingspan is 20–24 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing in May and June and again in August. [4]
The larvae feed on the flower buds and developing florets of Centaurea scabiosa.
References
- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Alipanah, Helen, 2009: Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2245: 1-31.
- ^ lepiforum.de
- Aarvik, L., Berggren, K. og Hansen, L.O. (2000) Catalogus Lepidopterorum Norvegiae. Lepidopterologisk Arbeidsgruppe/Norsk Institutt for Skogforskning. ISBN 82-995095-1-3
- Website Svenska Fjärilar, with image gallery: [1]
- Cochylimorpha alternana on UK moths: [2]