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Apple Fruit Moth
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Apple Fruit Moth

Argyresthia conjugella

Argyresthia conjugella, the apple fruit moth, is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Europe, Siberia, Central Asia, Japan, and North America.

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. The head is yellowish-white. Forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous; costa strigulated with whitish; a thick white dorsal streak to tornus; an interrupted dark fuscous median fascia; one or two white costal spots before apex. Hindwings are grey. The larva is dull whitish yellow; head and plate of 2 pale brown.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 214136.