Biology:Cochylimorpha straminea

Short description: Species of moth

Cochylimorpha straminea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Cochylimorpha
Species:	C. straminea
Binomial name
Cochylimorpha straminea (Haworth, [1811])
Synonyms
Tortrix straminea Haworth, [1811] Phalonia glaisana Lucas, 1942 Euxanthis lentiginosana Kennel, 1901 Euxanthis numidana Turati, 1924 Euxanthis pallens Lucas, 1954 Euxanthis ramessana Rebel, 1912 Euxanthis scabiosana Kennel, 1901 Tortrix stramineana Haworth, [1828] Conchylis substraminea Ragonot, 1895 Cochylis sudana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836 Cochylis tischerana Treischke, 1830 Euxanthis translucidana Turati, 1934 Euxanthis straminea ab. wiatkensis Krulikowsky, 1908

Cochylimorpha straminea, the straw conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Transcaspia, Turkmenistan and Iran (the Elburz Mountains). The wingspan is 13–21 mm. The costa of the forewings is almost straight. The ground colour is whitish-ochreous, clouded and strigulated with darker and a few dark fuscous scales on costa. There is an ochreous-brown streak from the dorsum before the middle and parallel to the termen, reaching rather more than half across the wing. There is a fuscous dorsal dot before the tornus and a brownish terminal line. The hind wings are rather light grey. The larva is whitish yellowish; head black; plate of 2 brown. Julius von Kennel provides a full description.

There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from May to July and again from late August to September.

The larvae feed on Scabiosa, Artemisia and Centaurea species. They feed on the developing seeds within the stems of their host plant, just below the flowerhead. Second-generation larvae may also feed on young shoots.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13860283 entry