Gretchena bolliana

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Gretchena bolliana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Gretchena
Species:
G. bolliana
Binomial name
Gretchena bolliana
(Slingerland, 1896) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Steganoptycha bollianaSlingerland, 1896
Gretchena bolliana, pecan bud moth, size: 8.6 mm Gretchena bolliana P1050668b.jpg
Gretchena bolliana, pecan bud moth, size: 8.6 mm
Gretchena bolliana, pecan bud moth, size: 9.2 mm Gretchena bolliana P1650407a.jpg
Gretchena bolliana, pecan bud moth, size: 9.2 mm

Gretchena bolliana, the pecan bud moth or gray-flanked gretchena moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the United States from South Carolina to Florida and west to Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. [3]

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Damage

The wingspan is about 17 mm. There are probably five or six generations per year.

The larvae feed on the foliage of Carya illinoinensis . [4]

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