Grapholita orobana

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Grapholita orobana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Grapholita
Species:
G. orobana
Binomial name
Grapholita orobana
Treitschke, 1830

Grapholita orobana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1830. [1] It is native to the Palearctic. [2]

The wingspan is 11-15mm.The palpi are whitish. Forewings dark brown, sometimes sprinkled with pale ochreous ; costa with strong ochreous-white strigulae, some ending in leaden metallic marks ; a long moderately broad curved ochreous white median dorsal blotch ; ocellus paler, edged with leaden-metallic, with several black dashes. Hindwings in male whitish with broad dark fuscous terminal border, in female dark fuscous, lighter basally.The larva is deep yellow, brownish-tinged ; head and plate of 2 almost black. [3]

The larvae feed on Vicia spp., eating the ripening seeds. The moths fly in the sunshine in July.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Grapholita orobana​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Grapholita orobana Treitschke, 1830". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ↑ 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
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