Cochylis molliculana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Tortricinae), new to the Belgian fauna

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by  Willy De Prins

Cochylismolliculana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Tortricinae), newto the
Belgian fauna
WillyDePrins
Abstract. On 30June 2012, W. Mertens photographed a specimen of CochylismolliculanaZeiler, 1847 at Middelkerke
(WestFlanders),det.W.Veraghtert.ThisisthefirstrecordofthisspeciesfortheBelgianfauna.
Samenvatting.Cochylismolliculana(Lepidoptera:Tortricidae,Tortricinae),nieuwvoordeBelgischefauna
Op30juni2012werddoorW. Mertenseenexemplaarvan CochylismolliculanaZeiler, 1847gefotografeerdteMiddelkerke
(West-Vlaanderen),det.W.Veraghtert.HetisdeeerstemaaldatdezesoortinBelgiëwerdwaargenomen.
Résumé.Cochylismolliculana(Lepidoptera:Tortricidae,Tortricinae),espècenouvellepourlafaunebeige
Le30juin2012,unexemplairedeCochylismolliculanaZeiler,1847futphotographiéparW.MertensaMiddelkerke(Flandre
occidentale),det.W.Veraghtert.IIs'agitdelapremièreobservationdecetteespèceenBelgique.
Keywords:Cochylismolliculana-Belgium-Faunistics-Firstrecord.
DePrinsW.:Dorpstraat401B,[email protected]
On 30juni 2012 a specimen of Cochylis molliculana
Zeiler, 1847 was photographed (fig. 1) in the domain
"Warandeduinen"at Middelkerke(WestFlanders) byW.
Mertens, det. W. Veraghtert (Natuurpunt 2012). This
species was never before mentioned for the Belgian
fauna.
C. molliculana is distributed in Croatia, France (incl.
Corsica), Great Britain, Greece, Italy (incl. Sicily), Malta
and Spain (Razowski 1970, Aarvik 2012). This scattered
distributioncouldmeanthatthespeciesisoverlookedin
manyotherplaces. Itwasdiscovered inthe Netherlands
(provinceofZeeland)someyearsago byJ.vanVuure. It
has a rather late arrival in Great Britain as well, where
thefirstspecimenwasobservedonlyin1993.Sincethen, Fig. 1. Cochylis molliculana Zeiler, 1847. Domain "Warandeduinen",
it became more common along the south coast of Middelkerke, West Flanders, 30.vi.2012, det. W. Veraghtert
EnglandandontheIsleofWight(Wall2012). (PhotographW.Mertens).
The larva ofC. molliculana lives in theseedheads of
Picris echioides (Asteraceae). This plant is especially
common along the Belgian sea coast, and occurs also
more inland, but it is almost absent south of the line
Sambre-Meuse(IFBL2012).
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