Cochylis dubitana, (Hübner, [1799])

General Information
This is one of three very similar relatives. It can be distinguished by the diagnostic white head/palps and blackish thorax.

Wingspan: c. 13 mm.
Foodplant(s): ragworts (Senecio spp.), hawk's-beards (Crepis spp.), hawkweeds (Hieracium spp.), Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis), Goldenrod (Solidago virguarea)
Flying: Two generations, June and August
National status:

Habitat

Rough grassy hillsides, fens, railway banks, waste ground.

Regional Information

There are no records in the system yet in Bulgaria.

Similar Species

Cochylis hybridella

Cochylis atricapitana

04353 Cochylis dubitana, (Hübner, [1799])

BF0964 (ABH49.137)