''Grapholita lunulana'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

belonging to the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genus ...

. The species was first described by

Michael Denis Johann Nepomuk Cosmas Michael Denis, also: ''Sined the Bard'', (27 September 1729 – 29 September 1800) was an Austrian Catholic priest and Jesuit, who is best known as a poet, bibliographer, and lepidopterist. Life Denis was born at Schärding ...

and

Ignaz Schiffermüller Ignaz Schiffermüller (born 2 October 1727 in Hellmonsödt; died 21 June 1806 in Linz) was an Austrian naturalist mainly interested in Lepidoptera. Schiffermüller was a teacher at the Theresianum College in Vienna. His collection was present ...

in 1775. It is native to Europe and

Northern America Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America. The boundaries may be drawn slightly differently. In one definition, it lies directly north of Middle America (including the Caribbean and Central America).Gonzalez, Joseph. 2 ...

. The wingspan is 12–17 mm. The forewing has, as is usual in this genus, a comma-shaped white spot at the dorsal edge, this is without a brown middle strip. Just outside this spot there is a short, silver-coloured cross-strip and four drop-shaped black spots. At the front edge there are numerous small white cross spots. The hindwings are brown, but shiny white at the root.It differs from '' Grapholita orobana'' as follows : palpi partly dark fuscous ; antennae of male unusually long and thick ; forewings with costa in male straighter, dorsal blotch narrow and less curved, hindwings in male with dark border still broader, in female wholly dark fuscous.Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo
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Keys and description The larvae feed on ''

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'' spp. and ''

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'' spp., eating the ripening seeds. The adults fly in the sunshine in May-June

References

{{Taxonbar , from=Q11415339 Grapholitini Moths described in 1775