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Larval habitation of
Epinotia solandriana
on
Betula
.
672
Female light brown apple moth (
Epiphyas postvittana
).
673
Epinotia solandriana
(Linnaeus) (
671
)
Larvae of this widely distributed species feed in May
and June on birch (
Betula
), hazel (
Corylus
) and pussy
willow (
Salix caprea
), each inhabiting a longitudinally
folded leaf (cf.
Epinotia brunnichana
, p. 272). Fully fed
individuals are 15-18 mm long and dull grey to
greenish grey, with grey or blackish-grey pinacula and a
yellowish-brown, darker-mottled head and a yellowish-
brown to dark brown prothoracic plate. The adults
(16-21 mm wingspan) occur in July and August; there
are various colour forms, the fore wings commonly
being creamy white, suffused with brown, and with a
dark dorsal blotch (in some forms the wings are mainly
reddish brown and the blotch light brown or white); the
hind wings are grey.
673
Male light brown apple moth (
Epiphyas postvittana
).
674
Epiphyas postvittana
(Walker) (
672-674
)
Light brown apple moth
An Australian species, unknown in Europe until 1936
when breeding colonies were found on Japanese spindle
(
Euonymus japonica
) in south-western England. The
pest is now well established in Britain on various
outdoor and greenhouse ornamentals, including azalea
(
Rhododendron
),
Azara serrata
, bay laurel (
Laurus
nobilis
),
Camellia
, cape figwort (
Phygelius capensis
),
Ceanothus
, Chilean fire-bush (
Embothrium coccineum
var.
longifolium
), daisy bush (
Olearia
),
Drimys
,
firethorn (
Pyracantha
),
Fothergilla major
, honeysuckle
(
Lonicera
), New Zealand tea tree (
Leptospermum
scoparium
),
Pittosporum
,
Skimmia japonica
and many
others.
674
Larva of light brown apple moth (
Epiphyas postvittana
).
brown apical section; hind wings grey.
Larva:
up to
18 mm long; yellowish green, with pale pinacula; head
light brown; prothoracic plate light greenish brown;
anal plate brownish green; anal comb light green;
thoracic legs brown.
Pupa:
8-10 mm long; dark reddish
brown.
DESCRIPTION
Adult female:
17-25 mm wingspan; fore wings pale
yellowish brown, speckled with black, but sometimes
noticeably darkened apically.
Adult male:
16-21 mm
wingspan; fore wings subdivided into a pale yellow to
orange-yellow basal area and a dark brown to reddish-
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