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{{short description|Species of moth}}
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| image = Teia anartoides (ento-csiro-au).jpg
| image2 = Teia anartoides.jpg
| taxon = Teia anartoides
| authority = Walker, 1855
| synonyms = 
*''Teia pusilla'' <small>Butler, 1882</small>
*''Orgyia phineus'' <small>Herrich-Schäffer, [1858]</small>
*''Orgyia anartoides''
}}

The '''painted apple moth''' (''Teia anartoides'') is a tussock moth native to Australia. It is notable as a pest in pine forests, and is classified as a pest in New Zealand.<ref>Biosecurity New Zealand, [http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests/painted-apple-moth Painted Apple Moth] Retrieved November 2007</ref>

In [[Earth:New Zealand|New Zealand]], controversy  over an aerial spraying programme arose when an outbreak of the moth was identified in Auckland.

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Image:Teia anartoides fem.jpg|Female
Image:Orgyia_anartoides_female.jpg|Female, side view
Image:Orgyia anartoides male dorsal.jpg|Male, dorsal view
Image:Orgyia anartoides male ventral.jpg|Male, ventral view
Image:Teia anartoides 1.jpg|Adult bottom view
Image:Teia anartoides1.jpg|Mating
Image:Teia anartoides3.jpg|Eggs
Image:Orgyia anartoides eggs.jpg|Egg, close-up
Image:Teia_anartoides_larva.jpg|Caterpillar
Image:Teia anartoides pupa 1.jpg|Pupa
</gallery>

==See also==
*Painted apple moth in New Zealand

==References==
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