Family: Tortricidae Checklist Number: 49.358
Grapholita tenebrosana (Duponchel, [1843])
Deep-brown Piercer
Rare, with just one example found on South Uist in 2018. The flight period is from June to July over coastal grassland, including machair, garden and moorland. The larval food-plants are members of the Rosaceae family.
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.