Grapholita internana

Grapholita internana
Scientific classification Edit this 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 internana Guenee, 1845
  • Enarmonia internana f. divisella Dufrane, 1960
  • Stigmonota erectana Barrett, 1875
  • Enarmonia internana f. flexuosella Dufrane, 1960
  • Euspila internana tristana Toll, 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

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


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