Species Details

ABH: 49.356

BF: 1249

Family: Tortricidae

Subfamily: Olethreutinae

Taxon: Aspila lobarzewskii

=Grapholita lobarzewskii

=Grapholita prunivorana

Authority: (Nowicki, 1860)

Vernacular: Small Fruit Moth

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in orchards in south-eastern England, where formerly known from only a few sites in Kent Reminiscent of G. janthinana in general appearance but larger, with longer and relatively narrower forewings and darker fuscous-brown hindwings with white cilia. The male of G. lobarzewskii lacks the specialised scales present in the tornal area of the hindwing of G. janthinana [Bradley]. Larva feeds within fruit of Apple and Plum.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 13 — 14 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (2017) — 11 Jul (2010)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant:

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/grapholita-lobarzewskii/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 10

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2010

Latest Year: 2020

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