Monochroa servella

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Monochroa servella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Monochroa
Species:
M. servella
Binomial name
Monochroa servella
(Zeller, 1839) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia servellaZeller, 1839
  • Gelechia farinosaeStainton, 1867
  • Xystophora farinosae
  • Monochroa farinosae

Monochroa servella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Italy and from Portugal to Bulgaria and Russia.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing in June. [2]

The larvae feed on Primula farinosa and Primula veris . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, transparent, full depth blotch that starts in the basal part of the leaf. Most frass is deposited in the first part of the mine. The mine is strongly folded lengthwise. Full-grown larvae leave the mine to pupate. They attach the pupa to the apical part of a fresh leave. [3] Larvae can be found in May. They are dark red, mottled with greyish white.

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