Cochylis pallidana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Cochylis |
Species: | C. pallidana
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Binomial name | |
Cochylis pallidana | |
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Cochylis pallidana, the sheep's-bit conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Zeller in 1847.
Cochylis pallidana has a wingspan of 11–14 mm. [2] This species is very similar to Cochylis nana. It can be distinguished by the absence of ochreous suffusion in the basic colour of the forewings. [3] Meyrick describes it - Head white. Thorax dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings with costa slightly arched; ochreous-whitish, with faint greyish ochreous strigulae, costa strigulated with blackish; base and costa towards base suffusedly dark fuscous; a dark fuscous blackish -marked median fascia, narrowed on costa, broadly interrupted with pale ochreous above middle; a dark grey posterior transverse streak, sometimes extending to termen. Hindwings grey. Larva rose-pink, greenish-tinged; head and plate of 2 brown or black-brown: [4] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [5]
The larvae feed on Jasione montana. They feed within the seedheads of their host plant. The species overwinters in a cocoon. [3] Adults are on wing from May to early August in two generations per year. [6]
It is found in most of Europe, [7] Asia Minor, Lebanon and Russia. [8] The habitat consists of dry pastures, downland and sand-dunes.
Cochylis pallidana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Cochylis |
Species: | C. pallidana
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Binomial name | |
Cochylis pallidana | |
Synonyms | |
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Cochylis pallidana, the sheep's-bit conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Zeller in 1847.
Cochylis pallidana has a wingspan of 11–14 mm. [2] This species is very similar to Cochylis nana. It can be distinguished by the absence of ochreous suffusion in the basic colour of the forewings. [3] Meyrick describes it - Head white. Thorax dark fuscous mixed with whitish. Forewings with costa slightly arched; ochreous-whitish, with faint greyish ochreous strigulae, costa strigulated with blackish; base and costa towards base suffusedly dark fuscous; a dark fuscous blackish -marked median fascia, narrowed on costa, broadly interrupted with pale ochreous above middle; a dark grey posterior transverse streak, sometimes extending to termen. Hindwings grey. Larva rose-pink, greenish-tinged; head and plate of 2 brown or black-brown: [4] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [5]
The larvae feed on Jasione montana. They feed within the seedheads of their host plant. The species overwinters in a cocoon. [3] Adults are on wing from May to early August in two generations per year. [6]
It is found in most of Europe, [7] Asia Minor, Lebanon and Russia. [8] The habitat consists of dry pastures, downland and sand-dunes.