Light Brown Wattle Moth
S2, Female, Head & Legs
Ellura
Light Brown Wattle Moth
S2, Female, ventral
 
                      
Light Brown Wattle Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)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:     S1, Male, 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.

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 17-Feb-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.