Apple pith moth
Insect
Apple pith moth
Blastodacna atra (Haworth)
Lepidoptera: Agonoxenidae
Distribution: ME, NH, MA, CT, RI.
Photos
Larval feeding causes leaf wilt and die-back of blossoms and terminal shoots.
Alan Eaton, Univ. of NH
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Head of adult is covered with white scales; forewings are narrow, mostly black or dark brown with white marks and usually with an irregular faint, rusty yellow line in the middle, and with two prominent black scale tufts. When the wings are folded they appear to have three pairs of white spots (A). Young larva is yellowish with a dark brown head, but turns more reddish in color in the final instar (B).