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Species Ephippiphora lunatana - Grapholita lunatana - Hodges#3437

Grapholita lunatana - Ephippiphora lunatana

Grapholita lunatana (T) - Ephippiphora lunatana

Grapholita - Ephippiphora lunatana - male

Grapholita lunatana - Ephippiphora lunatana - male

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)

Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)

Subfamily Olethreutinae

Tribe Grapholitini

Genus Ephippiphora

Species lunatana (Grapholita lunatana - Hodges#3437)

Hodges Number

3437

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grapholita lunatana (Walsingham, 1879)

Grapholitha lunatana Walsingham, 1879 (1)

Enarmonia lunatana

Laspeyresia lunatana

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin lunata meaning "crescent-shaped."

Size

Wingspan 10-15 mm. (1), (2)

Forewing length: males 5.5-7.5 mm; females 4.3-5.3 mm. (3)

Identification

Adult - males have pale grey to white hindwing, females dark brown hindwing. (3)

Range

Saskatchewan to British Columbia, Colorado and California. (3)

Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart

Season

Early spring. (3)

Food

Larval feed and aestivate/hibernate in folded leaves of black vetch (Vicia nigricans) and pea (Lathyrus). (4), (3)

Print References

Walsingham, Lord. 1879. North-American Torticidae. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum 4: 66; Pl.75, f.8. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – live & pinned images

Lord Walsingham

Works Cited

1.	North-American Torticidae Thomas, Lord Walsingham. 1879. Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. 4.

2.	Revision of the North American moths of the subfamilies Laspeyresiinae and Olethreutinae Carl Heinrich. 1926. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 132: 1-216.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 September, 2009 - 12:09am
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 December, 2017 - 3:23pm

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