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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gelechiini » Aroga » Aroga argutiola - Hodges#2184 (Aroga argutiola)

Species Aroga argutiola - Hodges#2184

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Aroga - Aroga argutiola
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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 argutiola (Aroga argutiola - Hodges#2184)
Hodges Number
2184
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aroga argutiola Hodges, 1974
Numbers
There are 21 named species of the genus Aroga in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Range
Widespread throughout eastern North America. (3)
Holotype ♂ from Alcona County, Michigan, 24 May 1971, collector L.F. Wilson.
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to September.
Food
The larvae have been reared on Comptonia peregrina (L.) J.M. Coult. (sweet fern).
Print References
Hodges, R.W., 1974. A new species of Aroga (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from North America. The Canadian Entomologist, 106(9): 987; figs 1-9.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Mississippi Entomological Museum
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Assessment of species diversity in the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone
McAlpine D.F., Smith I.M. (eds.). 2010. Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press). 785 pp.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 November, 2013 - 11:54am

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