Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana)

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Photo by MartinL

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Field Notes

Description:

I found a pupa on an eaten ivy leaf about one week ago.
Here is who emerged. It seems this female is a native Australian and a very common species. It is reported to do $18 million damage to the wine industry and that doesn't even include apples. It has reached New Zealand and USA where there are fewer naturally occurring predators.

Habitat:

An ivy hedge. Found as a pupa

Notes:

LBAM loves just about everything from A to Z: apple, apricot, beans, caneberries (blackberry, blueberry, boysenberry, raspberry), cabbage, camellia, chrysanthemum, citrus, clover, cole crops, eucalyptus, jasmine, kiwifruit, peach, pear, persimmon, plantain, pumpkin, strawberry, tomato, rose and zea mays (corn).
We can add ivy to this list.

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