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Species Aroga compositella - Six-spotted Aroga - Hodges#2187

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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 Gelechiini
Genus Aroga
Species compositella (Six-spotted Aroga - Hodges#2187)
Hodges Number
2187
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aroga compositella (Walker 1864)
Oecophora compositella Walker, 1864
Synonyms
Gelechia coloradensis Busck, 1903
G. speculifera Meyrick, 1931
Phylogenetic sequence # 067475
See Also

Filatima arizonella
Print References
Busck, A., 1903. A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25: 857. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the American moths of the family Gelechiidae, with descriptions of new species
August Busck. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 25: 767-938.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by tom murray on 12 August, 2005 - 6:20pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, anitagould, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 September, 2013 - 10:22pm

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