Grapholita jungiella is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula and Ukraine), east to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.
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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. jungiella
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| Grapholita jungiella (Clerck, 1759)
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The wingspan is 10–13 mm.The forewings are fuscous, the dorsal half dark fuscous, the apical third pale yellow - ochreous. The costa is strigulated with dark fuscous and white. There is a long narrow curved whitish median dorsal blotch, with a dark fuscous central line. Three streaks from the costa posteriorly and the margins of the ocellus are silvery-leaden-metallic. There are several black dashes in the ocellus. The hindwings in the male are white, the apex and costa fuscous ; in the female they are fuscous.[1]
Adults are on wing from April to May. Depending on the location, there are either one or two generations.
The larvae feed on Lathyrus linifolius and Vicia sepium. They spin the leaves of their host together or live inside the seed pod.
References edit
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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