Monochroa disconotella

Monochroa disconotella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Monochroa
Species:	M. disconotella
Binomial name
	Monochroa disconotella; (Chambers, 1878)
Synonyms
	Gelechia disconotella Chambers, 1878;

Monochroa disconotella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire and Ohio.^[1]^[2]

Adults are pale fuscous, or rather ochreous yellow, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous, with a faint silky-roseate hue, and with a longitudinal-elliptical brown spot at the end of the cell.^[3]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Monochroa Heinemann, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
^ Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 86 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Monochroa Heinemann, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 86 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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