The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year. The forewings are golden-yellow with metallic blue markings.
The larvae feed on Senecio jacobaea, Senecio paludosus and Picris hieracioides. They feed on the roots of their host plant. Larvae can be found from September throughout the winter. The species hibernates in the larval stage.[3]
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commophila, aeneana, orange, conch, species, moth, family, tortricidae, found, great, britain, france, belgium, luxembourg, netherlands, germany, austria, switzerland, italy, romania, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropo. Commophila aeneana the orange conch is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae It is found in Great Britain France Belgium Luxembourg the Netherlands Germany Austria Switzerland Italy and Romania 2 Commophila aeneanaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily TortricidaeGenus CommophilaSpecies C aeneanaBinomial nameCommophila aeneana Hubner 1799 1800 1 SynonymsTortrix aeneana Hubner 1799 1800 The wingspan is 15 19 mm Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year The forewings are golden yellow with metallic blue markings The larvae feed on Senecio jacobaea Senecio paludosus and Picris hieracioides They feed on the roots of their host plant Larvae can be found from September throughout the winter The species hibernates in the larval stage 3 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Commophila aeneana nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Commophila aeneana tortricidae com Fauna Europaea Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived from the original on 2011 09 08 Retrieved 2014 02 05 This Cochylini related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commophila aeneana amp oldid 1188854001, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
