Apodia bifractella

Apodia bifractella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Apodia
Species:	A. bifractella
Binomial name
	Apodia bifractella; (Duponchel, 1843)
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]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm. The head and palpi orange, face sometimes whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, sprinkled with grey-whitish, dorsally more or less mixed with ferruginous orange ; usually a more distinct small tornal orange mark ; an ill-defined ochreous-whitish or pale orange costal spot beyond it, sometimes finely connected ; veins 7 and 8 out of 6. Hindwings grey. Larva almost apodal, stout, whitish.^[3]

Adults are on wing from July to August.^[4]

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

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ 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
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ UKmoths

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[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] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[4] UKmoths

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