Bluebell conch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Hysterophora
Species:
H. maculosana
Binomial name
Hysterophora maculosana
(Haworth, [1811])[1]
Synonyms
  • Tortrix maculosana Haworth, [1811]
  • Conchylis porculana Mann, 1862
  • Cochylis purgatana Treitschke, 1835

Hysterophora maculosana, the bluebell conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe, east to the Crimea, Asia Minor and the Palestinian territories. The habitat consists of woodland areas.[2]

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. Adult males have whitish hindwings, whereas those of the female are dark.Meyrick describes it - Forewings white, more or less strigulated with grey ; basal area and broad cloudy direct antemedian fascia dark grey, spotted in disc with black and sometimes ferruginous ; a curved stria from tornus not reaching costa, and a subapical fascia dark grey ; apex and termen streaked with ferruginous. Hindwings in male white, costa, termen, and some anteapical spots dark fuscous, in female wholly dark grey.The larva is white ; dorsal, spiracular, and subspiracular lines pale ferruginous ; spots pale ferruginous ; head pale brown ; plate of 2 black.[3] Adults are on wing from April and June.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Chondrilla juncea and within the seedheads Hyacinthoides non-scripta.[4] Larvae have been recorded nearly year round.

References

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  1. ↑ tortricidae.com
  2. ↑ Hants Moths
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ↑ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2014-03-11.


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