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

"Species Details: Grapholita obliqua Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. 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 – via Academia.
"Grapholita obliqua image". Tortricid.net. 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 – via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.

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[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.

[OnA-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.