Aristotelia pudibundella

Aristotelia pudibundella

''Aristotelia pudibundella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Zeller in 1873. It is found on Haiti and St. Croix and in the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Quebec, Tennessee and Texas.
Aristotelia intermediella-group? Aristotelia pudibundella? At a 365nm UV light at a dense mixed forest edge. Aristotelia pudibundella,Geotagged,Summer,United States

Appearance

Adults are similar to ''Aristotelia roseosuffusella'', but the forewings are much less roseate, frequently showing no tinge of the roseate hue. The first dark band does not cover the base of the wing and the second band is like that of ''roseosuffusella'', but the third extends across the wing, the dorsal portion being, however, paler than the costal, and the costo-apical part of the wing is ochreous-fuscous.

Food

The larvae feed on ''Malus'' species and ''Acacia farnesiana''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyGelechiidae
GenusAristotelia
SpeciesA. pudibundella