Cochylis posterana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, Iran and China (Gansu, Xinjiang).[3]
Cochylis posterana | |
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Cochylis posterana hyrcana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Cochylis |
Species: | C. posterana
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Binomial name | |
Cochylis posterana | |
Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is 13–16 mm.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Carduus nutans, Cirsium lanceolatum and Centaurea jacea.[4]
Subspecies
edit- Cochylis posterana posterana (Europe)
- Cochylis posterana hyrcana (Toll, 1948) (Iran, China: Gansu, Xinjiang)
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Cochylis Treitschke in China: one new species and five new records (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Cochylini)
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
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