Aroga alleriella
Aroga alleriella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Aroga |
Species: | A. alleriella
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Binomial name | |
Aroga alleriella Busck, 1940
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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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Categories:
- Moths described in 1940
- Aroga
- Moths of North America
- Gelechiini stubs