Grapholita lunulana

Grapholita lunulana is a moth belonging to the family Tortricidae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.^[1]

Grapholita lunulana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Grapholita
Species:	G. lunulana
Binomial name
Grapholita lunulana (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

It is native to Europe and Northern America.^[2]

The wingspan is 12–17 mm. The forewing has, as is usual in this genus, a comma-shaped white spot at the dorsal edge, this is without a brown middle strip. Just outside this spot there is a short, silver-coloured cross-strip and four drop-shaped black spots. At the front edge there are numerous small white cross spots. The hindwings are brown, but shiny white at the root.It differs from Grapholita orobana as follows : palpi partly dark fuscous; antennae of male unusually long and thick; forewings with costa in male straighter, dorsal blotch narrow and less curved, hindwings in male with dark border still broader, in female wholly dark fuscous.^[3]

The larvae feed on Lathyrus spp. and Vicia spp., eating the ripening seeds. The adults fly in the sunshine in May–June