Aroga acharnaea

Short description: Species of moth

Aroga acharnaea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Gelechiidae
Genus:  | Aroga
Species:  |

A. acharnaea

Binomial name
Aroga acharnaea

(Meyrick, 1927)

Synonyms

* Gelechia acharnaea Meyrick, 1927

Aroga acharnaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas .[1][2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are grey irregularly mixed whitish, with the veins on the costal half partially marked with black streaks and with a spot of white suffusion on the costa at three-fourths, preceded by a spot of blackish suffusion. The hindwings are grey, in males with an expansible ochreous-whitish hairpencil from the base lying along the costal edge to near the middle.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Aroga at funet
2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
3. ↑ Exot. Microlep. 3 (11): 348

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