Apatelodes pudefacta

Apatelodes pudefacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Apatelodes
Species: A. pudefacta
Binomial name
Apatelodes pudefacta
Dyar, 1904[1]
Synonyms
  • Apatelodes uvada Barnes, 1904

Apatelodes pudefacta is a moth in the Bombycidae family. It is found in Arizona and Mexico.[2]

The length of the forewings is 17–18 mm.

The larvae feed on Baccharis bigelovii. Pupation takes place in a cell in the soil.[3]

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