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Monochroa sepicolella

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Monochroa sepicolella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Monochroa
Species:
M. sepicolella
Binomial name
Monochroa sepicolella
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis sepicolella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Monochroa (Xystophora) agasta Gozmany, 1954
  • Xystophora rectifasciella Fuchs, 1902
  • Anacampsis balcanica Rebel, 1903

Monochroa sepicolella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from central and northern Europe to the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus and southern Siberia.[2]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[3]

The larvae feed on Fallopia dumetorum and Rumex thyrsiflorus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ^ Swedish Moths
  4. ^ bladmineerders.nl