Stegasta bosqueella

Species of moth

Stegasta bosqueella

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

S. bosqueella

Binomial name
Stegasta bosqueella

(Chambers, 1875)[1]

Synonyms

* Oecophora basqueella Chambers, 1875
* Stegasta basqueella
* Parastega bosqueella
* Parastega basqueella
* Stegasta basqueella
* Gelechia basqueella
* Gelechia bosqueella
* Gelechia costipunctella Möschler, 1890

Stegasta bosqueella (red-necked peanutworm moth) is a species of moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in North America, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.[2]

The larvae are a pest on Arachis hypogaea. They feed on the foliage of their host plant.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
2. ^ Bug Guide
3. ^ Life System of Stegasta bosqueella (Chambers) on Peanuts in Oklahoma

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q7606671
* BAMONA: Stegasta-bosqueella
* BOLD: 14410
* BugGuide: 84302
* EoL: 936718
* EPPO: STEABO
* GBIF: 1846849
* iNaturalist: 324646
* IRMNG: 10257227
* LepIndex: 104962
* MONA: 2209
* NatureServe: 2.945468
* NCBI: 1280473

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