Monochroa leptocrossa

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Monochroa leptocrossa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Monochroa
Species:
M. leptocrossa
Binomial name
Monochroa leptocrossa
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia leptocrossaMeyrick, 1926

Monochroa leptocrossa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on the Japanese island of Hokkaido and in the Russian Far East. [1] This species has been introduced to New Zealand. [2] Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Monochroa hornigi . [3]

The wingspan is 8.9-10.7 mm. The forewings are grey speckled with whitish and sprinkled with dark grey. The plical and second discal stigmata are small, black and distinct. There is a cloudy white dot on the costa at two-thirds, and one on the tornus slightly before it. The hindwings are grey slightly bluish tinged. [4]

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References

  1. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 47 (4).
  2. Robert J. B. Hoare (December 2001). "Adventive species of Lepidoptera recorded for the first time in New Zealand since 1988". New Zealand Entomologist. 24 (1): 23–47. doi:10.1080/00779962.2001.9722079. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q54578054.
  3. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 12, 2019). "Monochroa hornigi (Staudinger, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  4. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 273. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .