Grapholita lunulana
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| Grapholita lunulana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Grapholita |
| Species: | G. lunulana |
| Binomial name | |
| Grapholita lunulana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
Grapholita lunulana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[1]
It is native to Europe and Northern America.[2]
The wingspan is 12–17 mm. The forewing has, as is usual in this genus, a comma-shaped white spot at the dorsal edge, this is without a brown middle strip. Just outside this spot there is a short, silver-coloured cross-strip and four drop-shaped black spots. At the front edge there are numerous small white cross spots. The hindwings are brown, but shiny white at the root.It differs from Grapholita orobana as follows : palpi partly dark fuscous; antennae of male unusually long and thick; forewings with costa in male straighter, dorsal blotch narrow and less curved, hindwings in male with dark border still broader, in female wholly dark fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on Lathyrus spp. and Vicia spp., eating the ripening seeds. The adults fly in the sunshine in May–June
