- Source: Grapholita compositella
Grapholita compositella, the clover seed moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found from Europe to Asia Minor, Mongolia, China and eastern Russia. It is also present in North America.
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The face and palpi are white. The forewings are dark fuscous. The costa has eight long white strigulae, several ending in leaden-metallic marks.There is a slightly curved broad quadrate whitish median dorsal blotch, with three parallel blackish lines, surmounted by a leaden-metallic mark. The ocellus is represented by a leaden - metallic transverse mark. The hindwings in the male are white, the apex broadly fuscous ; in the femalethey are dark fuscous, lighter basally.
There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in May and June and again in August. Males fly during the day, while females fly towards sunset.
The larvae feed on Trifolium species, including Trifolium pratense and Trifolium repens. They have also been recorded on Glycine max, Medicago sativa, Melilotus, Lotus corniculatus and other Leguminosae species.
References
External links
UKmoths
Eurasian Tortricidae
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Grapholita compositella
- Grapholita
- List of Lepidoptera of Belgium
- List of Lepidoptera of Slovakia
- List of Lepidoptera of Poland
- List of Lepidoptera of the Czech Republic
- List of Lepidoptera of Germany
- List of moths of Great Britain (micromoths)
- List of Lepidoptera of Latvia
- List of Lepidoptera of the Netherlands
