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Ragwort crown-boring moth

🇳🇱 Jakobsbladroller ·Cochylichroa atricapitana

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Ragwort crown-boring moth, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Cochylichroa atricapitana , the black-headed conch , is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Xinjiang) and the eastern Palearctic and most of Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 88iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,466iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 88 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 1,466 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Ragwort crown-boring moth
Nederlands
Jakobsbladroller
scientific name
Cochylichroa atricapitana
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Tortricidae
sightings in NL
88
sightings in Europe
869
sightings worldwide
1,466
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Tortricidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1019815, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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