Monochroa rumicetella

Monochroa rumicetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Monochroa
Species: M. rumicetella
Binomial name
Monochroa rumicetella
(O. Hofmann, [1868])[1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia rumicetella O. Hofmann, 1868
  • Xystophora acutangulella Heinemann, 1870
  • Aristotelia leptotechna Meyrick, 1937

Monochroa rumicetella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by O. Hofmann in 1868. It is found from Fennoscandia and Belarus to Portugal, the Alps and Greece, and from France to Romania.

The wingspan is 10–11 mm.[2] Adults are on wing in May.[3]

The larvae feed on Rumex acetosa and Rumex acetosella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full-depth blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. Larvae can be found in July and August.[4]

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