Aristotelia is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Well-known species are food plant specialists, and diverse hosts are used – Salicaceae, Solanaceae, Rosaceae, Fagaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae.[2]

Aristotelia
Aristotelia roseosuffusella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Anomologinae
Genus: Aristotelia
Hübner, 1825 [1]
Synonyms
  • Ergatis Heinemann, 1870 (junior homonym of Ergatis Blackwall, 1841 - Replacement name : Aristotelia)
  • Eucatoptus Walsingham, 1897
  • Tsochasta Meyrick, 1885
  • Isochasta Meyrick, 1886

Species

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Status unclear

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Former species

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References

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  1. ^ "Aristotelia Hübner, 1825". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ Moths of Western North America By Powell and Opler
  • Junnilainen, J. & K. Nupponen, 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part I: descriptions of seventeen new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 2366: 1-34. Abstract: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02366p034f.pdf].
  • Karsholt, O. & N. Savenkov 2009: Beautiful gelechiid moths-Aristotelia baltica A. Šulcs & I. Šulcs, 1983, stat. n. and related species (Gelechiidae). Nota Lepidopterologica 32 (2): 89-97.
  • Lee, S.; Hodges, R.W.; Brown, R.L. 2009: Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico. Zootaxa, 2231: 1-39. Abstract & excerpt
  • Varenne, T & J. Nel, 2013: Aristotelia billii sp. n. découverte dans le midi de la France (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Revue de l'Association Roussillonnaise d'Entomologie 22 (1): 17-19.
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