Aroga aristotelis

Aroga aristotelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aroga
Species:	A. aristotelis
Binomial name
	Aroga aristotelis; (Millière, 1876)
Synonyms
	Gelechia aristotelis Millière, 1876; Gelechia astragali Staudinger, 1879; Gelechia fulminella Millière, 1883; Gelechia lacertella Walsingham, 1904; Gelechia aplasticella Rebel, 1913; Gelechia hyrcanella Toll, 1947;

Aroga aristotelis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, as well as on Crete, Sicily and the Canary Islands.[1] It has also been recorded from Turkey, Israel, the Ural Mountains, Iran and Turkmenistan.[2]

The larvae feed on Astragalus echinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae live in a siken tube covered with sand. This tube runs from the ground to the lower leaves of the host, where larval feeding causes fleck mines. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. The larvae reach a length of 17–18 mm. They a pale greyish green body with white lines and a black brown head. The larvae can be found from May to June.[3]

References

Fauna Europaea
Aroga at funet
"bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-30.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Aroga at funet

[3] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-30.