Aristotelia lespedezae

Aristotelia lespedezae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Aristotelia
Species: A. lespedezae
Binomial name
Aristotelia lespedezae
Braun, 1930

Aristotelia lespedezae is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Braun in 1930. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and West Virginia.[1][2]

Adults are on wing from late May to October in Kentucky.

The larvae probably feed on Lespedeza species.[3]

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