Tortricidae : Olethreutinae
Grapholita (Aspila) lobarzewskii
GRAPHOLITA (Aspila) lobarzewskii (Nowicki, 1860)
Grapholita (Aspila) lobarzewskii
GRAPHOLITA (Aspila) lobarzewskii (Nowicki, 1860)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Kent Fruit Piercer
Wingspan: 13-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Belgium,Bulgaria,Canary Is,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Estonia,
Greece,Ireland,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Spain & Sweden)
UK Distribution: A scarce and local species recorded in a few locations in the southern counties
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Gardens : Roadside Verges
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A Nationally Scarce A species according to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan showing it has few records in Britain with most taken in the southern counties.The moth photographed below was caught in my 30w Actinic moth trap which was placed close to a Victoria plum tree growing feet away, giving hope that the plum tree was the initial interest either to the moth or its parent.
The thorax is reddish brown with the forewings suffused orangy,pinkish or reddish brown with a few white costal streaks and an obscure dorsal blotch containing 3 or 4 lines.
Moth flies in the evening and is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 13-14mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Belgium,Bulgaria,Canary Is,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Croatia,Cyprus,Estonia,
Greece,Ireland,Lithuania,Madeira,Malta,Norway,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily,Spain & Sweden)
UK Distribution: A scarce and local species recorded in a few locations in the southern counties
UK Conservation Status -
- Nationally Scarce A (Na - BAP : 1980-1993) = 16 - 30 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Carpocapsa obarzewskii (Nowicki, 1860)
- Pyralis dorsana Fabricius, sensu Treitschke, 1829
- Not Specified
Habitat: Gardens : Roadside Verges
Similar Species -
- Grapholita janthinana (Duponchel, 1835)
Overwinters as: Larva
Observations: A Nationally Scarce A species according to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan showing it has few records in Britain with most taken in the southern counties.The moth photographed below was caught in my 30w Actinic moth trap which was placed close to a Victoria plum tree growing feet away, giving hope that the plum tree was the initial interest either to the moth or its parent.
The thorax is reddish brown with the forewings suffused orangy,pinkish or reddish brown with a few white costal streaks and an obscure dorsal blotch containing 3 or 4 lines.
Moth flies in the evening and is attracted to light.
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
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Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Malus domestica - Apple
- Prunus cerasus - Sour Cherry
- Malus domestica - Apple
Taxomony
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Tortricoidea Tortricidae Olethreutinae Grapholitini GRAPHOLITA Treitschke, 1829 Aspila Stephens 1834 Grapholita (Aspila) lobarzewskii (Nowicki, 1860) - Pyralis dorsana Fabricius, sensu Treitschke, 1829 - CARPOCAPSA obarzewskii (Nowicki, 1860) = Cydia lobarzewskii Nowicki, 1860 - NOWICKI, M. S. (1860) : Enumeratio lepidopterorum Haliciae orientalis. I-XXX, 1-262 ["269"], Index I-XVI, pl. (figs. 1-8). : Title Page : p.138 - n.813 - Not Specified |
