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Oriental fruit moth

Grapholita molesta (Busck, 1916)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) is a species in the family Tortricidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the oriental fruit moth

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

Where does the oriental fruit moth live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the oriental fruit moth as introduced in 10 countries, and flagged as invasive in 1 of them.

  1. Russiainvasive
  2. Austria
  3. Denmark
  4. France
  5. Ireland
  6. Japan
  7. Slovenia
  8. South Africa
  9. United Kingdom
  10. 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 oriental fruit moth 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 oriental fruit moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTortricidae
  6. genusGrapholita
  7. SpeciesGrapholita molesta (Busck, 1916)

Synonyms Aspila molesta, Cydia molesta, Enarmonia molesta, Laspeyresia molesta

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Gwyfyn Ffrwythau'r DwyrainWelsh
  • Grijze fruitmotDutch
  • persikvecklareSwedish
  • gwyfyn ffrwythau‘r DwyrainWelsh
  • Gwyfynod Ffrwythau'r DwyrainWelsh
  • aprikosvecklareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the oriental fruit moth

Other species in the same genus Grapholita.

Hemp borer

Grapholita delineana

TortricidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the oriental fruit moth an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the oriental fruit moth as invasive in 1 country: Russia. It lists it as introduced in 10 in all.

What kind of animal is the oriental fruit moth?

The oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta) 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). Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-fruit-moth

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BibTeX
@misc{oriental_fruit_moth_2026,
  title = {Oriental fruit moth (Grapholita molesta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oriental-fruit-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}