Aroga Flavicomella

Aroga flavicomella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aroga
Species:	A. flavicomella
Binomial name
	Aroga flavicomella; (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
	Gelechia flavicomella Zeller, 1839 ; Bruand, 1859 Anacampsis flavicomella var. aureodorsella;

Short description: 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.^[1] It has also been recorded from Turkey, the Middle East, Mongolia, Korea and Central Asia,^[2] including Kyrgyzstan.^[3]

Leaves of sloe fastened together and eaten by larva

Larva

The wingspan is 15–17 mm.^[4] Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa,^[5] Prunus domestica and Prunus cerasus.^[6] They feed from within tied together leaves. Larvae can be found from fall to April.

References

↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
↑ Aroga flavicomella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
↑ Aroga flavicomella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze
↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
↑ Aroga at funet

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview

[3] Aroga flavicomella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser

[4] Aroga flavicomella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze

[5] HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants

[6] Aroga at funet