Grapholita internana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Grapholita |
| Species: | G. internana |
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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
- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ UKmoths