Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1375427

Oriental Fruit Moth
Grapholita molesta

Observation date: July 12, 2021
Submitted by: Tony DeSantis
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: jwileyrains
Verified date: January 07, 2024
Coordinator notes: Our taxonomy is a little out of date. Per MPG: Aspila molesta (Busck, 1916), n. comb. in Hu et al. (2023: Appendix S4) with Aspila, a former subgenus of Grapholita, raised to genus (new since Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023)).