Cochylidia heydeniana, the blue-fleabane conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. It is found from most of Europe[2] to China (Xinjiang), Mongolia, Korea, Russia[3] and Japan. The habitat consists of dry pastures, wasteland and sand dunes.

Cochylidia heydeniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cochylidia
Species:
C. heydeniana
Binomial name
Cochylidia heydeniana
Synonyms
  • Tortrix (Cochylis) heydeniana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
  • Phalonia almana Kennel, 1919
  • Cochylidia amseli Obraztsov, 1956
  • Conchylis erigerana Walsingham, 1891
  • Tortrix (Cochylis) heydeniana Herrich-Schäffer, 1849
  • Phalonia obraztsovi Amsel, 1951
  • Cochylidia padorana Byun Park & Lee, 1996
  • Cochylis pudorana Staudinger, 1859
  • Phalonia sabulicola Walsingham, 1900

The wingspan is 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in).[4] Adults are on wing from April to May and again in July in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Erigeron acer, Conyza canadensis and Solidago virgaurea. They have been recorded feeding on the seeds, as well as in the shoots.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ Tortricid.net
  2. ^ "Cochylidia heydeniana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  3. ^ Sun, Y.-h. & H.-h. Li, 2012: Review of the genus Cochylidia Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini) in China. Zootaxa 3268: 1-15.
  4. ^ Swedish Moths
  5. ^ Kimber, Ian. "49.131 BF957 Cochylidia heydeniana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)". UKMoths. Retrieved 13 October 2019.