Hysterophora maculosana

Hysterophora maculosana, the bluebell conch, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from most of Europe, east to the Crimea, Asia Minor and the Palestinian territories. The habitat consists of woodland areas.[2]

Bluebell conch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Hysterophora
Species:	H. maculosana
Binomial name
Hysterophora maculosana (Haworth, [1811])[1]
Synonyms
Tortrix maculosana Haworth, [1811] Conchylis porculana Mann, 1862 Cochylis purgatana Treitschke, 1835

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. Adult males have whitish hindwings, whereas those of the female are dark.Meyrick describes it - Forewings white, more or less strigulated with grey ; basal area and broad cloudy direct antemedian fascia dark grey, spotted in disc with black and sometimes ferruginous ; a curved stria from tornus not reaching costa, and a subapical fascia dark grey ; apex and termen streaked with ferruginous. Hindwings in male white, costa, termen, and some anteapical spots dark fuscous, in female wholly dark grey.The larva is white ; dorsal, spiracular, and subspiracular lines pale ferruginous ; spots pale ferruginous ; head pale brown ; plate of 2 black.[3] Adults are on wing from April and June.

The larvae feed on the flowers of Chondrilla juncea and within the seedheads Hyacinthoides non-scripta.[4] Larvae have been recorded nearly year round.