Biology:Grapholita obliqua
| Grapholita obliqua | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Grapholita |
| Species: | G. obliqua
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| Binomial name | |
| Grapholita obliqua Diakonoff, 1982
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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
- ↑ "Species Details: Grapholita obliqua Diakonoff, 1982". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/49da22cbd61daa4fe370a15fa0559756. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ↑ 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. https://www.academia.edu/1782757/Ko%C3%A7ak_A.%C3%96._and_M._Kemal_2012_Preliminary_list_of_the_Lepidoptera_of_Sri_Lanka._Cesa_News_79_1-57.
- ↑ "Grapholita obliqua image". http://www.tortricidae.com/cataloguePhoto.asp?index=3870. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ↑ Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen 193: 1–124. https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149137.
Wikidata ☰ Q13647436 entry
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