Cochylichroa hospes

Cochylichroa hospes, the banded sunflower moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from North Carolina to Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and northern Arizona.[2]

Cochylichroa hospes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Subfamily: Tortricinae
Tribe: Cochylini
Genus: Cochylichroa
Species:
C. hospes
Binomial name
Cochylichroa hospes
Synonyms
  • Conchylis hospes Walsingham, 1884

The length of the forewings is 5.5–8 mm. Adults are golden ochreous with broad, dark brown to rust brown medial fascia and a subapical blotch containing iridescent grey patches. Adults are on wing from July to August.

The larvae feed on developing seeds in flower heads of Helianthus species. The species overwinters as a last instar larva.

Cochylichroa hospes was formerly a member of the genus Cochylis, but was moved to the redefined genus Cochylichroa in 2019 as a result of phylogenetic analysis.[3][4][5]

  • Larva
  • Larva

References
  1. Cochylis at tortricidae.com
  2. Bug Guide
  3. Brown, John Wesley (2019). "New genera, new species, and new combinations in new world Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)". Zootaxa. 4671 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.2.
  4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cochylichroa hospes". Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  5. "Cochylichroa hospes species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-08-31.


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