Aroga epigaeella

Last updated

Aroga epigaeella
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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 epigaeellaChambers, 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]

Related Research Articles

<i>Acraea terpsicore</i> Species of butterfly

Acraea terpsicore, the tawny coster, is a small, 53–64 millimetres (2.1–2.5 in), leathery-winged butterfly common in grassland and scrub habitats. It belongs to the Nymphalidae or brush-footed butterfly family. It has a weak fluttery flight. It is avoided by most insect predators. This species and the yellow coster are the only two Indian representatives of the predominantly African tribe Acraeini. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Maldives to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, and recently Australia.

<i>Aroga</i> Genus of moths

Aroga is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.

<i>Aroga velocella</i> Species of moth

Aroga velocella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except for Ireland, Iceland and Croatia. Outside of Europe, it is found in Turkey, the Caucasus and Siberia (Transbaikalia).

<i>Aroga flavicomella</i> Species of moth

Aroga flavicomella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Portugal and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula. It has also been recorded from Turkey, the Middle East, Mongolia, Korea and Central Asia, including Kyrgyzstan.

<i>Teleiodes luculella</i> Species of moth

Teleiodes luculella, the crescent groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Europe to the southern Ural and Transcaucasia. The habitat consists of woodlands, including oak woodlands.

Perimede parilis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas and Illinois.

<i>Aroga trialbamaculella</i> Species of moth

Aroga trialbamaculella, the red-striped fireworm moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine to Florida and from Illinois to Texas.

<i>Xylesthia pruniramiella</i> Species of moth

Xylesthia pruniramiella, Clemens' bark moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Hampshire to Florida and from Illinois to Texas.

Agnippe leuconota is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Maine, Florida, Texas and Mexico.

Aroga acharnaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.

Aroga argutiola is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ontario, Quebec and South Carolina.

Aroga atraphaxi is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Tajikistan.

<i>Aroga compositella</i> Species of moth

Aroga compositella, the six-spotted aroga moth, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. 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.

Aroga unifasciella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Montana south to western New Mexico, west through Arizona to eastern and southern California.

Aroga paulella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas and Wyoming.

Aroga elaboratella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Baja California.

Aroga danfengensis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in China (Shaanxi).

Aroga leucanieella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.

Aroga morenella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Arizona.

<i>Filatima serotinella</i> Species of moth

Filatima serotinella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

References