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Aroga aristotelis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Aroga

Aroga aristotelis

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

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.

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Aroga aristotelis Wikipedia