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Blastodacna atra

Synonyms: Blastodacna putripenella; Elachista putripennella (heterotypic); Recurvaria atra (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The apple pith moth (Blastodacna atra) is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is known from most of Europe. It is an introduced species in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario and Massachusetts. The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September in western Europe. The larvae feed inside small twigs of Malus. They mine under the surface and cause the shoot to die off.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Salisbury Plain 52975 England, United Kingdom

Prey / Diet

Malus sylvestris (Crab Apple)[1]
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0