Cochylidia rupicola

The chalk-cliff tortrix or conch (Cochylidia rupicola) is a moth of the family Tortricidae.

Cochylidia rupicola
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Cochylidia
Species:
C. rupicola
Binomial name
Cochylidia rupicola
(Curtis, 1834)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cochylis rupicola Curtis, 1834
  • Tortrix (Cochylis) humidana Herrich-Schffer, 1851
  • Cochylis marginana Stephens, 1834
  • Eupoecilia rupicolana Bloomfield, 1873

Description

Cochylidia rupicola is a small sized moth with a wingspan of 13–15 millimetres (0.51–0.59 in). Forewings show a rounded apex, a broad brown median fascia and characteristic postmedian and subapical markings.

Adults are on wing from June to the end of July. They typically fly from dusk onwards.

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus), and of Chrysocoma linosyris during August to October. After this feeding period, the larva builds a cocoon near the food plant in which it overwinters.

Distribution

This univoltine species is present in most of Europe and the Near East.

Habitat

The chalk-cliff tortrix can be found in a wide range of habitats, on the woodland margins, in marshes and fens, in stream banks and in lanes.

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References
  1. tortricidae.com
  • Curtis, J. (1823-1840): British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland: Containing Coloured Figures from Nature of the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, and in Many Instances of the Plants upon which they are Found. Vol VI. Lepidoptera, Part II. London (E. Ellis & Co.).
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