Cochylis roseana (Haworth, 1811) Species
Last modified: Nov. 14, 2023, 2:45 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Tortricinae > Tribus: Cochylini > Genus: Cochylis > Species: Cochylis roseana
- Vernacular names
- Roze bladroller (NL), Rosy Conch (EN), Rötlicher Kardendistelwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Cochylis dipsaceana (Duponchel, 1843)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 96.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan 10–17 mm. Take care because the forewings of Cochylis flaviciana and Falseuncaria degreyana are also suffused pink. Cochylis flaviciana has a lighter brown median fascia (middle cross band) on the wing. Both species lack the dark subapical line in the cilia of C. roseana.
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
It has a brown head, a green prothoracic shield with a black edged anterior, light green abdomen with white mottling and an anal plate coloured as the abdomen.
Bionomics
The larva bores a spiralling, silken-lined gallery through the fruits at the outside of the flower head and hibernates and pupates here.
Flight periods
The adults are on the wing from late June towards early August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Dipsacus fullonum
The monophagous larva feeds on Dipsacus fullonum.
Habitat
It inhabits chalkland, sandhills, scrub, rough banks, stream banks where the food plant grows plentifully.
