Cochylimorpha straminea

Cochylimorpha straminea, the straw conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe,^[2] Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Asia Minor, the Palestinian territories, Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Transcaspia, Turkmenistan^[3] and Iran (the Elburz Mountains).^[4]

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Cochylimorpha straminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Cochylimorpha
Species:	C. straminea
Binomial name
Cochylimorpha straminea (Haworth, [1811])[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix straminea Haworth, [1811] Phalonia glaisana Lucas, 1942 Euxanthis lentiginosana Kennel, 1901 Euxanthis numidana Turati, 1924 Euxanthis pallens Lucas, 1954 Euxanthis ramessana Rebel, 1912 Euxanthis scabiosana Kennel, 1901 Tortrix stramineana Haworth, [1828] Conchylis substraminea Ragonot, 1895 Cochylis sudana Duponchel, in Godart, 1836 Cochylis tischerana Treischke, 1830 Euxanthis translucidana Turati, 1934 Euxanthis straminea ab. wiatkensis Krulikowsky, 1908

The wingspan is 13–21 mm. The costa of the forewings is almost straight. The ground colour is whitish-ochreous, clouded and strigulated with darker and a few dark fuscous scales on costa. There is an ochreous-brown streak from the dorsum before the middle and parallel to the termen, reaching rather more than half across the wing. There is a fuscous dorsal dot before the tornus and a brownish terminal line. The hind wings are rather light grey. The larva is whitish yellowish; head black; plate of 2 brown.^[5] Julius von Kennel provides a full description.^[6]

There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from May to July and again from late August to September.

The larvae feed on Scabiosa, Artemisia and Centaurea species.