Species Zophodia grossulariella - Zophodia grossulariella - Hodges#5968

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Tinea convolutella Hübner, 1796

Tinea grossulariella Hübner, 1809

Zophodia grossulariella (Hübner, 1809)

Pempelia grossulariae C. V. Riley, 1869

Dakruma turbatella Grote, 1878

Dakruma convolutella Grote, 1882

Euzophera franconiella Hulst, 1890

Zophodia bella Hulst, 1892

Zophodia grossulariae dilattivitta Dyar, 1925

Zophodia grossulariae ihouna Dyar, 1925

Zophodia grossulariae magnificans Dyar, 1925

Zophodia grossularialis Hübner, 1825

Zophodia convolutella var. pallidella Lambillon, 1921

Zophodia grossulariella robineaui Leraut, 1997

Univoltine, with flight records from April to June(1).

Larvae feed on gooseberries and currants (genus Ribes), at first hollowing out one or more fruits, and later feeding on leaves(1).

Distribution is holarctic (in North America and Europe at least to the Urals). Some state this species was introduced to North America from Europe (see here). Others state it may have been introduced in the old world. Powell & Opler(1) state: "This species was first described in Europe in 1809, but it has no close relatives there, and it may have been introduced via nursery stock from North America, where it occurs over much of southern Canada and the northern United States."

Neunzig, H.H., 1997. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 15.4. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 37; pl. 2, figs. 1-2. (2)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 195; pl. 26, fig. 23. (1)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Zophodia convolutella information page from France's Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique.