ABH 49.351
Northern Crescent
Piercer Grapholita
lunulana
BF 1252
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(Denis & Schiffermüller],
1775)
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Family
Tortricidae » Olethreutinae
Wingspan
11-17mm.
Description
It can be found flying in the sunshine
in May and June in a variety of habitats such as hedgerows, rough
pasture and hillsides
Colour of Fore wing olive-brown;
distal area of wing irrorate (tips of scales) with light ochreous;
median fascia represented by a short, blackish brown streak on costa;
ocellus moderately well developed; medio-dorsal blotch relatively
slender, rounded apically. Hindwing white, broadly
infuscate apically and along termen to vannal area in male, entirely
fuscous in female.
Life Cycle
The larvae feed on a variety of foodplants
including vetches (Vicia spp.).
Habitat
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variety of habitats such as hedgerows, rough pasture and hillsides.
Larva feeds within seedpods of Bitter Vetchling and Vetch, over-wintering
in a cocoon mainly northen distribution in Britain
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ABH 49.351 |
Northern Crescent Piercer Grapholita lunulana |
BF 1252 |
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Wingspan |
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Description |
It can be found flying in the sunshine in May and June in a variety of habitats such as hedgerows, rough pasture and hillsides Colour of Fore wing olive-brown; distal area of wing irrorate (tips of scales) with light ochreous; median fascia represented by a short, blackish brown streak on costa; ocellus moderately well developed; medio-dorsal blotch relatively slender, rounded apically. Hindwing white, broadly infuscate apically and along termen to vannal area in male, entirely fuscous in female. |
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Life Cycle |
The larvae feed on a variety of foodplants including vetches (Vicia spp.). |
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Habitat |
A variety of habitats such as hedgerows, rough pasture and hillsides. Larva feeds within seedpods of Bitter Vetchling and Vetch, over-wintering in a cocoon mainly northen distribution in Britain | ||||||||||||||
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