Grapholita tenebrosana

Grapholita tenebrosana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1843. It is found from most of Europe east to Japan. The habitat consists of woodland, gardens, orchards, parks and scrubs.^[3]

Grapholita tenebrosana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Grapholita
Species:	G. tenebrosana
Binomial name
Grapholita tenebrosana Duponchel, 1843[1][2]
Synonyms
Grapholitha roseticolana Zeller, 1849 Grapholitha tristana Schlager, 1848

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.^[4] The palpi are whitish. The forewings are dark purplish -fuscous.The costa has indistinct silvery-whitish strigulae posteriorly. Three or four black dots are transversely placed in the ocellus. The hindwings are fuscous, darker posteriorly. The larva is flesh-coloured or pinkish-white ; head and plate of 2 brownish ochreous.^[5]

Adults are on wing from June to July.