Yellow Cobblestoned Leaf Roller
Hind Wings
Light Brown Wattle Moth
S2, Female, dorsal
Animals
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| Yellow Cobblestoned Leaf Roller Hind Wings | | Light Brown Wattle Moth S2, Female, dorsal | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | 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, dorsal | 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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