Grapholita jungiella

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Grapholita jungiella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Grapholita
Species:
G. jungiella
Binomial name
Grapholita jungiella
(Clerck, 1759)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena jungiellaClerck, 1759
  • Stigmonota albisecundellaBruand, 1847
  • Stigmonota jungianaGuenee, 1845
  • Grapholitha loderanaKollar, 1832
  • Tortrix perlepidanaHaworth, [1811]
  • Tortrix schrankianaFrolich, 1828

Grapholita jungiella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine), east to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

The wingspan is 10–13 mm.The forewings are fuscous, the dorsal half dark fuscous, the apical third pale yellow - ochreous. The costa is strigulated with dark fuscous and white. There is a long narrow curved whitish median dorsal blotch, with a dark fuscous central line. Three streaks from the costa posteriorly and the margins of the ocellus are silvery-leaden-metallic. There are several black dashes in the ocellus. The hindwings in the male are white, the apex and costa fuscous ; in the female they are fuscous. [1]

Adults are on wing from April to May. Depending on the location, there are either one or two generations.

The larvae feed on Lathyrus linifolius and Vicia sepium .

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References

  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description