Grapholita compositella (Fabricius, 1775) Species
Last modified: March 9, 2023, 7:04 p.m.
A rather common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Grapholita > Subgenus: Grapholita > Species: Grapholita compositella
- Vernacular names
- Sergeant-majoortje (NL)
- Synonyms
- Grapholita composana (Duponchel, 1836)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1844. Énumération des insectes Lépidoptères de la Belgique. — Mémoires de la Société royale des Sciences de Liége 2: 1–35. On page 21.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Flight periods
The adults fly in May-June and again in August. The males are active in afternoon sunshine, the females towards sunset.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Trifolium pratense, Trifolium repens and Lotus corniculatus
- Host plant (genera):
- Trifolium
The larva of the first generation lives in the stem, that of the second in spun terminal leaves or a flower-head of Trifolium sp., mainly Trifolium pratense and Trifolium repens, also on Lotus corniculatus. The full-fed larva hibernates. It pupates in a cocoon spun amongst leaf-litter.
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