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Hemp borer

Grapholita delineana Walker, 1863

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The hemp borer (Grapholita delineana) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the hemp borer

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the hemp borer live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hemp borer as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Russia
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the hemp borer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the hemp borer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusGrapholita
  7. SpeciesGrapholita delineana Walker, 1863

Synonyms Cydia delineana, Grapholita apicatana, Grapholita mundana, Grapholita quadristriana, Grapholita sinana, Grapholita terstrigana, Grapholita tetragrammana, Grapholitha apicatana, Grapholitha mundana, Grapholitha quadristriana, Grapholitha sinana, Grapholitha terstrigana, Grapholitha tetragrammana, Laspeyresia quadristriana

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Eurasian hemp mothEnglish
  • obaleč konopnýCzech
  • Hanf-WicklerGerman
  • ヨツスジヒメシンクイJapanese
  • 네줄애기잎말이나방Korean
  • Плодожорка коноплянаяRussian
  • plodokaz konopnýSlovak
  • 麻小食心卷蛾Chinese
  • Kleine HanfmotteGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the hemp borer

Other species in the same genus Grapholita.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the hemp borer an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the hemp borer as introduced in 2 countries: Russia and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the hemp borer?

The hemp borer (Grapholita delineana) belongs to the family Tortricidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Hemp borer (Grapholita delineana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hemp-borer

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“Hemp borer (Grapholita delineana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hemp-borer.

BibTeX
@misc{hemp_borer_2026,
  title = {Hemp borer (Grapholita delineana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hemp-borer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}