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Grapholita orobana
Checklist Number49.352 [B&F: 1253]
Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification
Classification
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Subfamily: | Olethreutinae |
| Genus: | Grapholita |
| Species: | orobana |
| Authority: | Treitschke, 1830 |
Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) in woodland, fens and marshes, and on river-banks and cliffs in parts of southern and eastern England. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 11-15 mm. Differs from G. lunulana by the relatively broad, truncate forewing and the thicker and more strongly curved medio-dorsal blotch, which is usually dilated apically, and the well-developed ocellus [Bradley]. Larva feeds within seedpods of Vetch, over-wintering in a cocoon.
