Grapholita internana

Grapholita internana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Grapholita
Species:	G. internana
Binomial name
Grapholita internana (Guenée, 1845) [1]
Synonyms
Stigmonota internanaGuenee, 1845 Enarmonia internana f. divisellaDufrane, 1960 Stigmonota erectanaBarrett, 1875 Enarmonia internana f. flexuosellaDufrane, 1960 Euspila internana tristanaToll, 1953

Grapholita internana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula and Fennoscandia. ^[2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm.The forewings are dark fuscous . The costa has eight rather long white strigulae, some ending in violet-silvery metallic marks. There is a narrow curved whitish median dorsal blotch, with dark fuscous lighter basally. A central line. The ocellus is represented by a violet-silvery-metallic transverse mark. The hindwings in the male are white, the apex narrowly dark fuscous; in the female they are dark fuscous, paler basally. ^[3]

Adults are on wing from April to June. ^[4]

The larvae feed on the seeds within seedpods of Ulex europaeus .

References

1. tortricidae.com
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
4. UKmoths