Wingspan 12-16 mm. Generally distributed throughout the British Isles, this species has a tendency to be commoner around the coast and on chalky ground. It ...
Generally distributed throughout the British Isles, this species has a tendency to be most common around the coast and on chalky ground.
Cochylichroa atricapitana, the black-headed conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Xinjiang) and the eastern Palearctic and most of ...
Status Widespread. Regularly recorded at coastal areas and to a lesser extent inland chalk downs and rough pasture land where food-plant occurs.
Taxonomic Comments: Cochylis atricapitana (Stephens, 1852) was introduced from Spain via Australia in 1990 for biocontrol of Tansy Ragwort (Winston et al. 2014) ...
Cochylichroa atricapitana
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Cochylichroa atricapitana, the black-headed conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China and the eastern Palearctic and most of Europe.
The wingspan is 10.5–13 mm. Very similar to Cochylis dubitana but differs from this in that... Wikipedia
Higher classification: Cochylichroa
Cochylis atricapitana, the black-headed conch, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in China (Xinjiang) and most of Europe.
DESCRIPTION AND LIFE CYCLE. Adult: Cochylis atricapitana adults are fragile, 3 mm long moths with a wingspan of 7 mm10. However, another source describes ...
This caterpillar has been introduced deliberately from Spain in 1985 into Australia to control the weed Tansy Ragwort ( Senecio jacobaea, ASTERACEAE ).
Common on chalk downland and rough ground throughout the British Isles. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight widespread and fairly common.
Taxonomic Notes: Cochylichroa atricapitana (Stephens, 1852) was previously in the genus Cochylis, Zootaxa, 4671(2): 195-222. This species was introduced from ...
