Aroga epigaeella Chambers, 1881
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Aroga epigaeella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aroga
Species:
A. epigaeella
Binomial name
Aroga epigaeella
(Chambers, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia epigaeella Chambers, 1881

Aroga epigaeella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.[1][2]

Adults are dark, purple-brown, with a white costal spot before the apex, and an opposite dorsal one on the forewings. Before these spots, the wing is flecked with a few minute white spots, the two largest of which are on the fold, and there is another at the end of the cell. The costal white spot shows through the wing. The hindwings are fuscous.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Epigaea repens .[4]

References

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  1. ^ Aroga at funet
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ J. Cincinn. Soc. nat. Hist. 3 : 289Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Bug Guide