Aristotelia corallina is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1909. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero)[1] and the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, as well as in Puerto Rico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Aristotelia |
| Species: | A. corallina
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| Binomial name | |
| Aristotelia corallina Walsingham, 1909
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The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are blackish, the dorsum rich rosy reddish, this colour diffused upward along the termen and over the terminal cilia through which runs a somewhat obscurely reduplicated dark shade-line. The hindwings are dark grey.[2] Adults are on wing year round in Mexico.
The larvae feed on Acacia cornigera, Acacia farnesiana and Chamaecrista nictitans.[3]
References
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- ^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 23
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- ^ Bug Guide
