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Aproaerema palpilineella

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Aproaerema palpilineella, Hodges #2222, Size: 5 mm

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

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Syncopacma Meyrick, 1925". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ^ Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, v.2, p. 252
  4. ^ Bug Guide
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Aproaerema palpilineella: Brief Summary

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Aproaerema palpilineella, Hodges #2222, Size: 5 mm

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.

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.

The larvae feed on Trifolium species and Coronilla varia.

Aproaerema palpilineella was formerly in the genus Syncopacma.

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