Biology:Aproaerema palpilineella
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Aproaerema |
| Species: | A. palpilineella
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| Aproaerema palpilineella (Chambers, 1875)
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Aproaerema palpilineella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1875. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Georgia, Illinois, Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee and Texas .[1][2]
Adults are dark brown, almost black, but with an irregular white fascia at the beginning of the cilia, which is sometimes interrupted in the middle.[3]
The larvae feed on Trifolium species and Coronilla varia.[4]
Aproaerema palpilineella was formerly in the genus Syncopacma.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Syncopacma Meyrick, 1925". http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anacampsinae/syncopacma/. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ↑ Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, v.2, p. 252
- ↑ Bug Guide
Wikidata ☰ Q14437335 entry
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