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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)
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Moth on blackberry leaf - Epiphyas postvittana
Copyright © 2010 R. Berg

Moth on blackberry leaf - Epiphyas postvittana
Alameda County, California, USA
July 13, 2010
Size: 10.6 mm nose to wingtips
It settled on the leaf after I scared it out of bed by watering something lower; about noon.
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Contributed by R. Berg on 13 July, 2010 - 9:55pm
Last updated 14 July, 2010 - 5:26pm

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… R. Berg, 14 July, 2010 - 5:26pm login or register to post comments

3693.1 - Epiphyas postvittana
You've posted a number of photos that I simply haven't had time to respond to. They are variations on a theme. Any moths in your yard with this shape and coloration, even if the pattern varies considerably, is almost surely this introduced and invasive species. If you collect all of these photos into a single folder and speedily skim through them you should learn to recognize elements of the patterns present in this species.
… Bob Patterson, 14 July, 2010 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Of course I've noticed similarities . . .
but the markings vary so much that I'm not confident in assigning the photos to a species. Size varies, too, from 8 to 13 mm.

I moved several of these look-alike-sort-of photos to the species page. I hope they are indeed the light brown apple moth, not the garden tortrix or something else.
… R. Berg, 17 July, 2010 - 12:03am login or register to post comments

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