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Light Brown Apple Moth

Epiphyas postvittana

The Light Brown Apple Moth is a small, colorful insect that loves to munch on apple leaves and fruits. It has beautiful light brown wings with dark spots, making it a special sight in gardens and orchards.

Lebensraum: Urban areas, Gardens, Orchards

Aussehen

The Light Brown Apple Moth is small with mottled light brown forewings often having darker markings like a faint 'V' shape. Its hindwings are plain grey. This gives it a camouflaged, leaf-like appearance that helps it blend in.

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Light Brown Apple Moth
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Light Brown Apple Moth

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Despite its name, it can infest more than just apple trees!

Female moths can store sperm, using it to fertilize eggs later!

Its caterpillars can make silk threads to drop down from leaves!

This moth is a famous pest on over 250 kinds of plants!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Master Disguise

Light Brown Apple Moth larvae can roll leaves into shelters that helps them hide from hungry birds.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Reproducer

Light Brown Apple Moth can lay hundreds of eggs which helps it survive despite predators.

Fähigkeit

Wide Eater

Light Brown Apple Moth larvae can eat many different plants, helping them find food easily.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-25 mm
Größe
7-10 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-21 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Caterpillars munch on leaves, flowers, and fruits of many plants, but adults don't eat.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae feed extensively on plants, but adult moths do not feed, relying on energy stored from the larval stage.

Hauptnahrung

  • Malus domestica
  • Pyrus communis
  • Citrus sinensis
  • Rosa gallica
  • Vitis vinifera
  • Prunus persica

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Larvae and adult moths are prey.

eaten by

Platner's Trichogramma Wasp

Trichogramma platneri

Wasp larvae develop inside moth eggs.

eats

Apple Tree

Malus domestica

Larvae feed on leaves and fruit.

eats

Grapevine

Vitis vinifera

Larvae feed on grape leaves.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch moths or caterpillars, as some can be delicate or might not like to be handled.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Light Brown Apple Moth?

18-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Light Brown Apple Moth?

7-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Light Brown Apple Moth?

7-21 Tage

Was frisst Light Brown Apple Moth?

Caterpillars munch on leaves, flowers, and fruits of many plants, but adults don't eat.

Wo findet man Light Brown Apple Moth normalerweise?

Urban areas, Gardens, Orchards

Wie jagt Light Brown Apple Moth?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Light Brown Apple Moth?

6

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