Grapholita orobana
| Grapholita orobana | |
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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. orobana |
| Binomial name | |
| Grapholita orobana Treitschke, 1830 | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Grapholita orobana Treitschke, 1830". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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