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TORTRICIDAE | Tortricinae | Cochylini
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49.138 Neocochylis molliculana (Tawny-fronted Straw)
fw: 6.3-7.4mm (my specimens); May-Sep; bristly ox-tongue (Picris echioides); first recorded in Britain at Portland, Hampshire in 1993, it has now colonised much of the South coast.
Neocochylis molliculana §3
ID: C.hybridella has a white thorax and head and palps. C.dubitana also has a white head but has a black thorax. C.atricapitana has a black thorax and head. C.molliculana has a brown thorax and head with a variable mix of white. Eupoecilia angustana is somewhat similar but it has a white frons and more solid median and terminal fasciae.
DIssection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 Foulness, Essex; 19/09/2010; male; fw 7.2mm
§2 Foulness, Essex; 08/05/2011; male; fw 6.4mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 22/05/2011; fw 7.4mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2011; female; fw 6.3mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 30/06/2013; male
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 02/08/2018; female; fw 6.8mm
§7 Portland Bill, Dorset; 09/09/2018; male; fw 6.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 08/05/2011; male; fw 6.4mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 22/05/2011; fw 7.4mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 14/08/2011; female; fw 6.3mm
§5 Foulness, Essex; 30/06/2013; male
§6 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 02/08/2018; female; fw 6.8mm
§7 Portland Bill, Dorset; 09/09/2018; male; fw 6.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 01/05/2012 | §4 added 12/09/2012 | §5 added 03/11/2013 | §6 added 16/02/2019 | §7 added 20/02/2019
