Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Aroga | |
Similar Stegasta bosqueella, Antaeotricha schlaegeri, Fascista cercerisella, Acrolophus popeanella, Bactra verutana | ||
Aroga compositella, the six-spotted aroga moth, is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.
The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are deep purplish black with five pure white markings, namely, an outwardly oblique costal white streak near the base, reaching the fold. An elliptical white spot is found on the middle of the wing and there is an angulate white costal spot at the beginning of the cilia, as well as an opposite small dorsal white spot and a small white dot on the fold, below and forward of the central spot. Just before the apex a few single white scales are found. The hindwings are dark fuscous.