Light Brown Apple Moth

Scientific name: Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863)

Common names: Light brown apple moth

Native To: Australia

Date of U.S. Introduction: Late 1800s (Hawaii), 2007 (California)

Images: Invasive.org and Google

Means of Introduction: Possibly through imported plant products

Impact: Damages crops and other plant life

Current U.S. Distribution:

• National Agricultural Pest Information System - Pest Tracker - Reported Status
• CA (see Situation Reports)

Quarantine:

• Federal Domestic Quarantine Order - Interstate Movement Restrictions (scroll to Regulations section)
• Quarantine Information

Management Plans: Animals / Light Brown Apple Moth

Selected Internet Resources:

• Federal Government
• State Government
• University/Academic
• International
• Organizations

Federal Government

Light Brown Apple Moth
USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Distribution; Legal Aspects

Epiphyas postvittana Article Citation Search - AGRICOLA Database
USDA. National Agricultural Library.
Research

EPA Quarantine Exemptions for Light Brown Apple Moth Pheromones
EPA. Region 9.
Impacts; Controls; Legal Aspects

Light Brown Apple Moth Project
California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Photographs; Impacts; Distribution; Controls

Pest Alert: Light Brown Apple Moth (PDF | 3 MB)
Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle; Distribution; Dispersion

Light Brown Apple Moth in California: Quarantine, Management, and Potential Impacts (PDF | 658 KB)
University of California. Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls; Legal Aspects

LBAM (Light Brown Apple Moth)
University of California Cooperative Extension. Monterey County.
Taxonomy; Identification/Description; Introduction History; Impacts; Controls

The Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana
University of California at Riverside. Center for Invasive Species Research.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Introduction History; Impacts; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

Light Brown Apple Moth
Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Impacts; Legal Aspects

Light Brown Apple Moth
HortNET (New Zealand).
Identification/Description; Impacts; Life Cycle

Light Brown Apple Moth in Citrus: Primefact 216 (PDF | 170 KB)
New South Wales Department of Primary Industries (Australia).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Life Cycle; Habitat; Distribution; Controls

Light Brown Apple Moth
South Australian Research and Development Institute.
Identification/Description; Impacts; Controls

Light Brown Apple Moth in Orchards
Victoria Department of Primary Industries (Australia).
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts; Life Cycle; Controls

Light Brown Apple Moth
Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project.
Identification/Description; Photographs; Impacts

Light Brown Apple Moth in California
Pesticide Action Network North America.
Photographs; Introduction History; Distribution; Controls

Light Brown Apple Moth
Tortricid.net.
Photographs; Special Note: Identification Key