Apatelodes pudefacta

Apatelodes pudefacta, the pudefacted apatelodes moth, is a moth in the family Apatelodidae first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in the US state of Arizona and Mexico.^[2]

Apatelodes pudefacta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Apatelodidae
Genus:	Apatelodes
Species:	A. pudefacta
Binomial name
Apatelodes pudefacta Dyar, 1904[1]
Synonyms
Apatelodes uvada Barnes, 1904

The length of the forewings is 17–18 mm.

The larvae feed on Baccharis bigelovii. Pupation takes place in a cell in the soil.^[3]