Grapholita jungiella (Clerck, 1759) Species
Last modified: Dec. 27, 2023, 10:33 a.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Tortricidae > Subfamily: Olethreutinae > Tribus: Grapholitini > Genus: Grapholita > Subgenus: Grapholita > Species: Grapholita jungiella
- Vernacular names
- Gerekte haakspiegelmot (NL), Beautiful Crescent , Vetch Piercer (EN), Platterbsenwickler (DE)
- Synonyms
- Grapholita perlepidana (Haworth, 1811) , Grapholita schrankiana sensu auct. and Grapholita jungiana sensu auct.
- 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
Wingspan 10–13 mm.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Caterpillar
Greenish white body with light yellowish brown head, sides darker, prothoracic plate brown, anal plate brown and darker punctuated.
Bionomics
The larva lives between spun leaves or in the seed pods on the host plant. They hibernate fully fed in a cocoon on the ground where they pupate.
The moths fly low over the foodplants in sunshine and have conspicuously white hindwings. The adults come to light.
Flight periods
The adults of this springtime species have been seen from mid-April towards early June.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Vicia sepium
- Host plant (genera):
- Lathyrus
The larva lives on Lathyrus linifolius, Lathyrus niger, Lathyrus tuberosus , Lathyrus pratensis and Vicia sepium.
Habitat
It inhabits woodland edges, downland, roadside verges and scrub.
