TORTRICIDAE | Tortricinae | Cochylinae
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49.139 Cochylichroa atricapitana (Black-fronted Straw)
ws: 12-16mm; bivoltine Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep; common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea); common throughout GB
ID: Distinguished from similar species by its black thorax, head and palps. N.dubitana also has a black thorax but has white head. N.hybridella has a white thorax and head. N.molliculana has a brown head and thorax with a variable mix of white.
§1 Foulness, Essex; 31/05/2009; male
§2 Foulness, Essex; 09/08/2009
§3 Foulness, Essex; 15/05/2010
§4 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§5 New Forest, Hampshire; 06/06/2012; male; fw 6.3mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 29/07/2017; male; fw 4.6mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; 09/05/2020; male; fw 7.0mm
§8 Foulness, Essex; 21/08/2021; female; fw 5.1mm
§9 Stour Wood, Essex; 26/05/2022
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Foulness, Essex; 09/08/2009
§3 Foulness, Essex; 15/05/2010
§4 Foulness, Essex; 27/06/2010
§5 New Forest, Hampshire; 06/06/2012; male; fw 6.3mm
§6 Foulness, Essex; 29/07/2017; male; fw 4.6mm
§7 Foulness, Essex; 09/05/2020; male; fw 7.0mm
§8 Foulness, Essex; 21/08/2021; female; fw 5.1mm
§9 Stour Wood, Essex; 26/05/2022
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 01/05/2012 | §5 added 30/12/2012 | §6 added 15/04/2018 | §7 added 17/05/2020 | §8 added 14/12/2021 |
§9 added 08/12/2022
§9 added 08/12/2022