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Cochylidia heydeniana, the blue-fleabane conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. It is found from most of Europe[2] to China (Xinjiang), Mongolia, Korea, Russia[3] and Japan. The habitat consists of dry pastures, wasteland and sand dunes.

Cochylidia heydeniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Cochylidia
Species:	C. heydeniana
Binomial name
Cochylidia heydeniana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix (Cochylis) heydeniana Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 Phalonia almana Kennel, 1919 Cochylidia amseli Obraztsov, 1956 Conchylis erigerana Walsingham, 1891 Tortrix (Cochylis) heydeniana Herrich-Schäffer, 1849 Phalonia obraztsovi Amsel, 1951 Cochylidia padorana Byun Park & Lee, 1996 Cochylis pudorana Staudinger, 1859 Phalonia sabulicola Walsingham, 1900

The wingspan is 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in).[4] Adults are on wing from April to May and again in July in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Erigeron acer, Conyza canadensis and Solidago virgaurea. They have been recorded feeding on the seeds, as well as in the shoots.[5]

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