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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Cochylini » Neocochylis » Neocochylis dubitana - Hodges#3774 (Neocochylis dubitana)

Species Neocochylis dubitana - Hodges#3774

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Cochylis dubitana - Neocochylis dubitana

Unknown Tortricid - Neocochylis dubitana

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Tortricinae

Tribe Cochylini

Genus Neocochylis

Species dubitana (Neocochylis dubitana - Hodges#3774)

Hodges Number

3774

Other Common Names

Little conch (UK)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neocochylis dubitana (Hübner, 1799)

Tortrix dubitana Hübner, 1799

Tortrix ambiguana Frölich, 1828

Lobesia baseirufana Bruand, 1850

Simaethis albidana Walker, 1866

Cochylis islandicana Björnsson, 1968

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin dubitans meaning "wavering, hesitating, deliberating."

Neocochylis dubitana (Hübner, 1799) is transferred from the genus Cochylis to Neocochylis, formerly a synonym of Cochylis, rev. stat., in Brown et al. (2020).

Size

Wingspan about 13 mm. (1)

Larva to 12 mm. (1)

Identification

Larva - see description at UK Moths. (1)

Range

Type location: Europe.

Food

In the Palaearctic region hosts are in Compositae, Carduus, Senecio, Solidago and others. (2)

Life Cycle

Larvae overwinter in a cocoon among debris. (1)

Print References

Brown, J.W., L. Aarvik, M. Heikkila, R.L. Brown, M. Mutanen, 2020. Molecular phylogeny of Cochylina, with confirmation of its relationship to Euliina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Systematic‭ ‬Entomology, 45: 160–174.

Hübner, J., 1799. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge 7: pl.12, f.71.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

UK Moths (1)

BOLD Systems

Jacob Hübner (1761-1826)

Works Cited

1.	UKMoths

2.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 29 November, 2009 - 4:56am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 September, 2020 - 3:35pm

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