Cochylis epilinana Duponchel, 1842
on Linum
parasite
Larvae bore in the green fruits.
host plants
Linaceae, monophagous
Linum campanulatum, catharticum, narbonense, usitatissimum.
Klimesch writes that the moth has been bred from the fruits of Asphodelus “microcarpus”; this cannot possibly the same species. Also the attributions of Solidago and Cephalaria leucantha by Kovács & Kovács are difficult to understand. See also the discussion in Lepiforum.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Cochylis epiliana; Conchylis, Longicornutia, epilinana.
references
Klimesch (1987a), Kovács & Kovács (2020a), Lepiforum (2020), Schütze (1931a), Wimmer (1997a).