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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Tortricinae » Archipini » Epiphyas » Light Brown Apple Moth - Hodges#3693.1 (Epiphyas postvittana)

Species Epiphyas postvittana - Light Brown Apple Moth - Hodges#3693.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Tortricinae
Tribe Archipini
Genus Epiphyas
Species postvittana (Light Brown Apple Moth - Hodges#3693.1)
Hodges Number
3693.1
Other Common Names
LBAM (abbreviation)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863)
Teras postvittana Walker, 1863 (1)
Many Australian synonyms, none from North America.
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet from Latin post + vitta meaning "back-banded," for the "reddish stripe" that "extends along the interior border, and is dilated towards the exterior border." (1)
Size
Forewing length 7-12 mm. (2)
Wingspan 16-25 mm.
Pupa 8-10 mm.
Larva to 20 mm.
Identification
See LBAM ID fact sheet in Internet References for detailed information on all life stages. (3)
Range
Introduced, first confirmed in Alameda County in California near San Francisco in 2007; it's been reported from at least 11 counties in both northern and southern California- and it's still spreading.
Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney.
Food
Highly polyphagous
Life Cycle
1. Larva. 2. Pupa. 3 and 4. Adults

See Also
Clepsis fucana (Walsingham)
Argyrotaenia franciscana (Walsingham)
Print References
Walker, F., 1863. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites. British Museum (Natural History), p.297. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
LBAM ID (3)
University of Florida's Featured Creatures (5)
USDA Invasive Species
Francis Walker (1809-1874)
Works Cited
1.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII – Tortricites and Tineites
Francis Walker. 1863. British Museum (Natural History), p.287-561.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.LBAM ID - tools for diagnosing light brown apple moth and related western U.S. leafrollers - Epiphyas postvittana (Walker).
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 19 January, 2009 - 3:42pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 13 February, 2019 - 1:29am

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