Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.
I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.
The list of moths listed in this Micro-moths blog and the Macro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.
Agrimony Straw - Cochylidia rupicola.
A micro moth species from the family of Tortricidae , subfamily Tortricinae.
The moth has a wingspan of 11 to 15 mm.
This moth can be found on the wing from June and July, the moths can be found at large on warm sunny afternoons, but typically fly from dusk onwards.
Its habitat it as a wide range of habitats, especially where the larval food plant is present.
The species’ life history is the larval foodplant is Hemp Agrimony where the flowers and seeds are consumed during August to October, after which the larva builds a cocoon nearby in which it overwinters.
This species is classified as local in the UK.