49.134 BF962  -  Tortricidae -  Tortricinae - Cochylis roseana - Rosy Straw - (Haworth, 1811) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 - Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive - confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown -  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Tortricidae
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Other Name/s: Rosy Conch ID Difficulty:  amber  - care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  The forewings of C. flaviciliana and Falseuncaria degreyana are also suffused pink
ID pointers: A characteristic rosey pink flush to the forewings which can vary in intensity. Also a diagnostic dark subapical line in the cilia help to distinguish this species from C. flaviciliana and Falseuncaria degreyana
Distribution:  (Last record: 2022 at Barrow Hill )  -  Significant record – Harrison & Sterling only list two records in 1981 & 1982 but many bred from teasel heads collected in winter 1982. I Record has one from 6/8/2022 Barrow Hill and DaNES one from 5/8/2006 Hall Dale Quarry.
Flight Period: May /  June /  July /  August /  -  Flies late May – August Moth Activity: Cathemeral   - and is attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 20 March 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 10-17mm
Food Plant: Teasel
Last Recorded Year: 2022
Last Recorded By - Jane Hewitt
Last Recorded General Area - Barrow Hill

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