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TORTRICIDAE | Tortricinae | Cochylini
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49.094 Phtheochroa sodaliana (Pied Buckthorn Beauty)
ws: 13-17mm (BTM), fw: 7-8mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jun-Jul; buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus); NS-B calcareous grassland, heaths & fens in England, mainly south
Phtheochroa sodaliana §1
ID: Similarly marked to Neocochylis hybridella which average smaller. Reliably distinguished by white labial palps, a discrete ferruginous apical spot and relatively uniformly marked terminal cilia. N.hybridella has brown labial palps*, lacks a discrete ferruginous apical spot and when fresh has brown/black chequered terminal cilia.
* MBGBI5.1 states that the labial palps of N.hybridella are white - but this is wrong.
Male genitalia:
Female genitalia:
* MBGBI5.1 states that the labial palps of N.hybridella are white - but this is wrong.
Male genitalia:
Female genitalia:
§1 Heydon, Cambridgeshire; 12/06/2025
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
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