Aroga aristotelis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, as well as on Crete, Sicily and the Canary Islands.[1] It has also been recorded from Turkey, Israel, the Ural Mountains, Iran and Turkmenistan.[2]

Aroga aristotelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Aroga
Species:	A. aristotelis
Binomial name
Aroga aristotelis (Millière, 1876)
Synonyms
Gelechia aristotelis Millière, 1876 Gelechia astragali Staudinger, 1879 Gelechia fulminella Millière, 1883 Gelechia lacertella Walsingham, 1904 Gelechia aplasticella Rebel, 1913 Gelechia hyrcanella Toll, 1947

The larvae feed on Astragalus echinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae live in a silken tube covered with sand. This tube runs from the ground to the lower leaves of the host, where larval feeding causes fleck mines. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. The larvae reach a length of 17–18 mm. They a pale greyish green body with white lines and a black brown head. The larvae can be found from May to June.[3]

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