Aroga alleriella

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Aroga alleriella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aroga
Species:
A. alleriella
Binomial name
Aroga alleriella
Busck, 1940

Aroga alleriella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama[1] and Florida.[2]

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. The forewings are black with white markings. There is a white costal streak, outwardly oblique from before the basal fourth, reaching to the fold and a smaller inwardly oblique costal streak at the apical fourth with a similar white dorsal streak opposite to it. A short longitudinal white spot is found on the middle of the cell and there is a minute white dot on the middle of the fold and a few white scales at the apex.

The larvae feed on .[3]

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