Light Brown Wattle Moth S1, Male, ventral | Brown Tortrix Moth S2, Dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Tortrix Moth (:Tortricoidea Tortricidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Light Brown Wattle Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍S2, Female, ventral🔎 | ||||
Other name: | Light Brown Apple Moth | ||||
Thank you Michael Keogh for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere ~9mm long. The rear band on females is paler than on males. You can also see here this matches up with the ventral shots; the female having a more rounded abdomen. | |||||
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