Monochroa suffusella

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Monochroa suffusella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Monochroa
Species:
M. suffusella
Binomial name
Monochroa suffusella
(Douglas, 1850) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gelechia suffusellaDouglas, 1850
  • Gelechia oblitellaDoubleday, 1859
  • Bryotropha peterseniTeich, 1901

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]

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<i>Monochroa elongella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Monochroa palustrellus</i> Species of moth

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References

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  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Norfolk Moths
  4. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. lepiforum.de
  6. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  7. bladmineerders.nl