Species Details

ABH: 49.097

BF: 936

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Cochylimorpha straminea

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Common Straw

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats throughout the British Isles Large specimens with the markings well developed may resemble small C. alternana but may be recognised by the comparatively unmarked basal and terminal areas of the forewing and the absence of scale-tufts in the median fascia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within stems of Common Knapweed, living within the developing seeds.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 13 — 21 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 30 Apr (2007) — 14 Sep (2018)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Centaurea nigra (Common Knapweed).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cochylimorpha-straminea/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 83

Individuals: 28

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2024

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