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]
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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. aristotelis
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| Aroga aristotelis (Millière, 1876)
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The larvae feed on Astragalus echinus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae can be found from May to June.[3]
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
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- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-30.