Grapholita internana

Grapholita internana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Grapholita
Species:	G. internana
Binomial name
	Grapholita internana; (Guenée, 1845)
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[]

^ 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

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[1] tortricidae.com

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] 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

[4] UKmoths

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