Biology:Cochylis hybridella

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Short description: Species of moth

Cochylis hybridella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cochylis
Species:
C. hybridella
Binomial name
Cochylis hybridella
(Hübner, 1810-1813)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea hybridella Hübner, 1813
  • Cochylis dissolutana Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
  • Cochylis carduana Zeller, 1847
  • Conchylis dubitana var. clarana Caradja, 1916
  • Grapholitha carduana var. subvittana Staudinger, 1892

Cochylis hybridella is a moth species of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, the Near East, China (Gansu, Guizhou, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang), Japan , Korea and Russia . The wingspan is about 15 mm. The head is ochreous- white. The thorax is ochreous- white, somewhat fuscous marked. The costa of the forewings is hardly arched. The ground colour is ochreous-white, sometimes faintly rosy-tinged. The costa and dorsum are strigulated with blackish and there is a fuscous stria at 1/4, forming a small costal spot. It has a very irregular median fascia, narrow on the costa and widely interrupted beneath it, and an irregular terminal fascia mixed with ferruginous, dark fuscous, and black. The hindwings in male whitish-grey, in female grey. The larva is pale pink; head light brown; plate of 2 yellowish, with four black dots : [2] Julius von Kennel provides a full description. [3]

The adult moths fly in June, July and August.

The larvae feed on Picris hieracioides, Picris echioides and Crepis species.

References

  1. ↑ Tortricid.net
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ↑ Julius von Kennel, 1921, The Palaearktischen Tortriciden, eine monographische Darstellung. Stuttgart: E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung. 742 pp. - Palaearctic Tortricidae, a monograph.pdf at Zobodat 270- 271

Wikidata ☰ Q5139474 entry