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Plum fruit moth

Grapholita funebrana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Grapholitini
Genus: Grapholita
Species: G. funebrana
Binomial name
Grapholita funebrana
(Treitschke, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Cydia funebrana (Treitschke, 1835)
  • Grapholita (Aspila) funebrana Treitschke, 1835
  • Laspeyresia cerasana Kozhantshikov, 1953

Grapholita funebrana, the plum fruit moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone. Like many of its congeners, it is sometimes placed in Cydia.

The wingspan is 10–15 mm. The moth flies in two generations from late April to September. .

The larvae feed on Prunus domestica, Prunus spinosa and other Prunus species. The species is considered to be a pest.



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