Grapholita orobana

Grapholita orobana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Grapholita
Species:
G. orobana
Binomial name
Grapholita orobana

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.

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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description