Biology:Aroga flavicomella
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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: | Aroga |
| Species: | A. flavicomella
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| Aroga flavicomella (Zeller, 1839)
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Aroga flavicomella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Denmark , Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Portugal and the western and southern part of the Balkan Peninsula.[1] It has also been recorded from Turkey, the Middle East, Mongolia, Korea and Central Asia,[2] including Kyrgyzstan.[3]
The wingspan is 15–17 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from May to June.
The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa,[5] Prunus domestica and Prunus cerasus.[6] They feed from within tied together leaves. Larvae can be found from fall to April.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ↑ Aroga flavicomella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
- ↑ Aroga flavicomella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze
- ↑ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- ↑ Aroga at funet
Wikidata ☰ Q4795470 entry
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