Cochylidia implicitana

Cochylidia implicitana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cochylidia
Species: C. implicitana
Binomial name
Cochylidia implicitana
(Wocke, 1856)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cochylis implicitana Wocke, in Herrich-Schaffer, 1856
  • Eupoecilia anthemidana Stainton, 1859
  • Cochylis coercitana Staudinger, 1859
  • Cochylis gratiosana Laharpe, 1858
  • Cochylis noctulatana Agenjo, 1952

Cochylidia implicitana, the chamomile conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Wocke in 1856. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[2] Outside of Europe, it is found in Morocco, the Alatau mountains in Central Asia,[3] Iran and China (Xinjiang).[4] The habitat consists of waste ground and verges.

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Artemisia campestris, Matricaria, Aster, Anthemis, Solidago, Chrysanthemum, Alchemilla, Helichrysum and Tanacetum species.[5] The larvae have been recorded feeding on the flowers and seeds of their host plant, but may also live in the stems and shoots, feeding on the pith.[6]

References

  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Cochylidia at funet
  4. ↑ Sun, Y.-h. & H.-h. Li, 2012: Review of the genus Cochylidia Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini) in China. Zootaxa 3268: 1-15.
  5. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
  6. ↑ UKmoths


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