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Source: Apodia bifractella

Apodia bifractella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, as well as Turkey, the Caucasus and North Africa.

The wingspan is 9–12 mm. The head and palpi orange, face sometimes whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, sprinkled with grey-whitish, dorsally more or less mixed with ferruginous orange ; usually a more distinct small tornal orange mark ; an ill-defined ochreous-whitish or pale orange costal spot beyond it, sometimes finely connected ; veins 7 and 8 out of 6. Hindwings grey. Larva almost apodal, stout, whitish.

Adults are on wing from July to August.
The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica, Inula conyzae and Aster tripolium.