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Tufted Apple Budmoth (Platynota idaeusalis)

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Platynota idaeusalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Platynota
Species:
P. idaeusalis
Binomial name
Platynota idaeusalis
(Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hypena idaeusalis Walker, 1859
  • Phylacteritis dioptrica Meyrick, 1922
  • Platynota sentana Clemens, 1860

Platynota idaeusalis, the tufted apple bud moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in eastern North America, from Ontario, south to Florida, west to Oklahoma.

The wingspan is 12–25 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in the north. There are multiple generations per year.

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