Aproaerema modicella

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| taxon = Aproaerema modicella

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• Xystophora modicella Deventer, 1904

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Aproaerema modicella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Deventer in 1904. It is found in Indonesia (Java)[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anacampsinae/aproaerema/ funet.fi] and India. It has been an invasive on the African continent since 1998 where it is a pest on groundnut and soybean.{{cite journal | url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aen.12249/ | doi=10.1111/aen.12249 | title=Seasonal monitoring of the flight activity and the incidence of the groundnut leaf miner Aproaerema modicella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) at five sites in South Africa | date=2017 | last1=Buthelezi | first1=Makhosi N. | last2=Zharare | first2=Godfrey E. | last3=Conlong | first3=Desmond E. | journal=Austral Entomology | volume=56 | issue=4 | pages=392–402 | url-access=subscription }}

The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The base of the forewings is light brown, darkening towards the center, becoming greyish near the fringe. The markings consist of a small round light brownish spot in the middle of the fold and a larger spot at the margin. There are two small dark spots accompanying the first spot. The hindwings are brownish grey.

The larvae feed on Soya hispida,[https://archive.org/stream/tijdschriftvoore4647190304neder#page/4/mode/1up Tijdschr. Ent. 47 : 4] {{PD-notice}} Arachis hypogaea, Glycine max, Medicago sativa and Cajanus cajan.