Epiphyas postvittana
Light Brown Apple Moth at O'Connor, ACT
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| Epiphyas postvittana | ibaird | 16 Dec 2022 | |
| Epiphyas postvittana | donhe | 16 Dec 2022 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 16 Dec 2022 |
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User's notes
Could not get any better images than these. Quite a jumpy specimen.
2 comments
16 Dec 2022
I would have thought it looks closer to the female as shown on Lepidoptera Butterfly House.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106995-35.259958
- Altitude 623.8m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Dec 2022 01:40 PM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Epiphyas postvittana Tortricid moths (Tortricidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Epiphyas postvittana Scientific name
- Light Brown Apple Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1643m Recorded at altitude
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