Species Details

ABH: 49.136

BF: 965

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Tortricinae

Taxon: Neocochylis hybridella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: White-fronted Straw

Account: Local on chalk downland, woodland on chalky soils and sand-dunes throughout much of southern England and southern Wales, with records north to Cheshire Distinguished from C. dubitana and C. atricapitana by the white thorax [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedheads of Bristly Oxtongue, Hawkweed Oxtongue, several species of Hawk's-beard, 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: 12 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 9 Jun (2009) — 6 Sep (2024)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/neocochylis-hybridella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 21

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2024

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