49.3541 BF1248  –  Tortricidae –  Olethreutinae – Grapholita molesta – Oriental Fruit Moth – (Busck, 1916) Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive – confusion with leaf mines       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Tortricidae  >> Olethreutinae
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Other Name/s: Cydia molesta
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Grapholita funebrana (Plum Fruit Moth)
Distribution:  (Last record: 1983 )  –  An adventive – Only one record from Harrison & Sterling Chesterfield 1983 one bred from larva out of a Peach.
Flight Period: March /  April /  May /  June /  July /  August /  September /  –  Can have two or three generations between March – September Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 7 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 11-14mm
Food Plant: Peach and other Prunus species
Last Recorded Year: 1983
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Distribution Map for Grapholita molesta

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Grapholita molesta

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Grapholita molesta
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Grapholita molesta
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Grapholita molesta
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Grapholita molesta
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Grapholita molesta
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Grapholita molesta
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Grapholita molesta
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Grapholita molesta
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Grapholita molesta
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Grapholita molesta – 0 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

No records found for Grapholita molesta.

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