Species Details

ABH: 49.349

BF: 1242

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Grapholita internana

Authority: (Guenée, 1845)

Vernacular: White-underwing Piercer

Account: Local on heathland and moorland throughout much of Britain, more frequently in the south, and in southern Ireland In both sexes the forewing markings are similar to those of G. pallifrontana, but the black subbasal line in the cilia is interrupted subapically and the general coloration of the wing is lighter than in G. pallifrontana and is irrorate with yellow distally; the male of G. internana is readily distinguished by its white hindwings [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedpods of Gorse.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 9 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Apr (2007) — 13 May (2008)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Ulex europaeus (Gorse).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/grapholita-internana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2007

Latest Year: 2008

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