Aroga panchuli

Aroga panchuli is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Tajikistan.[1]

Aroga panchuli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aroga
Species:
A. panchuli
Binomial name
Aroga panchuli
Bidzilya, 2009

The wingspan is 13.5–15 mm. The forewings are black with three narrow white fasciae. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Atraphaxis pyrifolia.

Etymology

The species is named for writer Yuri Panchul, specializing in nature sciences.[2]

References

  1. Aroga at funet
  2. Bidzilya, O., 2009: Two new species of the genus Aroga Busck, 1914 from Tadzhikistan (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologia 37 (147): 301-305.


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