Apodia bifractella

Apodia bifractella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Apodia
Species:
A. bifractella
Binomial name
Apodia bifractella
(Duponchel, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lita bifractella Duponchel, 1843

Apodia bifractella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, as well as Turkey, the Caucasus and North Africa.[2]

A sprig of Inula conyza (1b), and seeds fastened together and bored by the larva (1b*)
Larva

The wingspan is 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica, Inula conyzae and Aster tripolium.

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ^ UKmoths