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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Grass Miner Moths (Elachistidae) » Palm Moths (Agonoxeninae) » Blastodacna » Apple Pith Moth - Hodges#1461.1 (Blastodacna atra)

Species Blastodacna atra - Apple Pith Moth - Hodges#1461.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Internet References
A Blastodacna sp. - Blastodacna atra Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra Blastodacna atra ? - Blastodacna atra genitalia - Blastodacna atra - female Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra Blastodacna atra
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Agonoxeninae (Palm Moths)
Genus Blastodacna
Species atra (Apple Pith Moth - Hodges#1461.1)
Hodges Number
1461.1
Explanation of Names
Author: Haworth, 1828
Size
wingspan: 11-13 mm.
Identification
Habitat
Orchards and gardens
Food
Small twigs of apple trees
Remarks
Non native, introduced from Europe
Internet References
UKmoths
Moth Photographers Group
Wikipedia
Life history of Blastodacna atra
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 November, 2010 - 3:37pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2
Last updated 30 March, 2019 - 4:08pm

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