Species Details

ABH: 49.135

BF: 963

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Cochylis flaviciliana

Authority: (Westwood, 1854)

Vernacular: Pink-shaded Straw

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in dry, calcareous grassland in parts of southern England, southern Wales and on the Burren in Ireland The contrasting bright rose-pink and cream-white forewing coloration is characteristic; differs from C. roseana by the lighter median fascia of the forewing and the absence of a subapical line in the cilia [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedheads of Field Scabious, over-wintering in a cocoon.

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: 11 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Aug (2000) — 16 Aug (1998)

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

Foodplant: Knautia sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/cochylis-flaviciliana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2000

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