Monochroa suffusella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Monochroa |
| Species: | M. suffusella
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| Monochroa suffusella (Douglas, 1850)[1]
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Monochroa suffusella, the notch wing neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Alps and from Ireland to Romania.[2] In the east, the range extends to Japan. The habitat consists of bogs, fens, swamps and salt-marshes.[3]
The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[4][5] Head whitish. Forewings whitish-ochreous, posteriorly irrorated with brown, costal edge whitish; second discal stigma dark fuscous ; a black costal dot above it. Hindwings pale grey. [6]
Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Eriophorum angustifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[7]
References
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- ^ Karsholt, Ole & Twan Rutten, 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article: [1]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Norfolk Moths
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ bladmineerders.nl
