Family: Tortricidae Checklist Number: 49.347
Grapholita compositella Fabricius, 1775
Triple-stripe Piercer
Locally Common. A species of short grassland, very much confined to England and Wales (according to National Biodiversity Network Atlas database) with just two areas in Scotland, including the Outer Hebrides. An attractive moth with 4 dorsals stripes (strigulae),and 8 more on the costa. Clover (Trifolium) is the main foodplant