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Species Arogalea cristifasciella - Stripe-backed Moth - Hodges#1851

NJ Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella

Stripe-backed Moth - Arogalea cristifasciella

small moth (Arogalea cristifasciella?) - Arogalea cristifasciella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Gelechiidae (Twirler Moths)

Subfamily Gelechiinae

Tribe Litini

Genus Arogalea

Species cristifasciella (Stripe-backed Moth - Hodges#1851)

Hodges Number

1851

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Arogalea cristifasciella (Chambers, 1878)

Original Combination:

Gelechia cristifasciella Chambers, 1878

Phylogenetic sequence #053525

Size

FWL ≈ 5mm (1)

Identification

Adult: FW whitish with broad black AM band, that slants inward toward inner margin. (2)

DNA supported specimen

Range

SE Canada and Eastern US (2)

Food

Unknown (2)

Oaks including Chinkapin Oak Quercus muhlenbergii, and Pin Oak Quercus palustris

Life Cycle

Life cycle images:

Feeding damage on Chinkapin Oak; larvae in leaf shelter; larva; larva; adult; spent pupa in cocoon

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (3)

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (4)

Wikipedia - brief description and image (1)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 4 August, 2005 - 3:29pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor
Last updated 3 December, 2021 - 7:05am

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