Grapholita obliqua

Grapholita obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Grapholita
Species: G. obliqua
Binomial name
Grapholita obliqua
Diakonoff, 1982

Grapholita obliqua is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2][3]

Description

Females have a wingspan of 9 mm (0.35 in). The moths have a creamy-white head. The antennae are a light grey brown. Pedipalps are appressed and slightly curved. The thorax is reddish yellow to a light tawny. The abdomen is lightly grey brown. The forewings are oblong. The costa is gradually curved and the apex is obtusely pointed. The forewings are a light tawny. Two faint brown horizontal short striae can be found above the eyespot. The creamy-white cilia are pale and tawny with a sprinkling of brown. A minute glossy silvery basal line is present. The hindwings are creamy and densely dusted with a light tawny colouring.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Grapholita obliqua Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. ↑ "Grapholita obliqua image". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.


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