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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.

生息地: Urban areas, Gardens, Orchards

外見

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.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraTortricidaeEpiphyas
Light Brown Apple Moth
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Light Brown Apple Moth

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

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!

特殊能力

能力

Master Disguise

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

能力

Rapid Reproducer

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

能力

Wide Eater

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

サイズと詳細

翼開長
18-25 mm
サイズ
7-10 mm
寿命
7-21 日
脚の数
6

食性と食事

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

年齢による違い: Larvae feed extensively on plants, but adult moths do not feed, relying on energy stored from the larval stage.

主な食物

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

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

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.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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

よくある質問

Light Brown Apple Mothの翼開長は何ですか?

18-25 mm

Light Brown Apple Mothのサイズは何ですか?

7-10 mm

Light Brown Apple Mothの寿命は何ですか?

7-21 日

Light Brown Apple Mothは何を食べますか?

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

Light Brown Apple Mothは通常どこに生息していますか?

Urban areas, Gardens, Orchards

Light Brown Apple Mothはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Light Brown Apple Mothの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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