''Cochylis roseana'' is a
moth
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of the family
Tortricidae
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. It is found in most of Europe (except
Ireland
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,
Fennoscandia
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, the
Baltic region
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,
Portugal
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and
Greece
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),
Uralsk
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*Uralsk, Republic of Bashkortostan, a '' selo'' in Uralsky Selsoviet of Uchalinsky District of the Republic of Bashkortostan
* Uralsk, Orenburg Oblast, a ''selo'' ...
,
Iran
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,
Asia Minor
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and
China
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(
Gansu
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The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
).
The
wingspan
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is . The forewing costa is nearly straight ; light yellow-ochreous, towards costa and posteriorly suffused with rose-pink and with a ferruginous-ochreous median fascia, becoming obsolete towards costa, dorsally sprinkled with dark fuscous; cilia yellow-ochreous, with a dark fuscous subapical line. Hindwings light gre
The larvae feed on ''
Dipsacus sylvestris
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'', ''
Chrysocoma'' and ''
''. They live in a silk tunnel bored through the sides of several seeds of the host plant. Larvae can be found from August to May.
UKmoths
/ref> The larva is pale green with the head and plate of 2 black.
References
External links
Lepiforum.de
roseana
Moths described in 1796
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth
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