Monochroa palustrellus

Monochroa palustrellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Monochroa
Species:
M. palustrellus
Binomial name
Monochroa palustrellus
(Douglas, 1850)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ypsolopus palustrellus Douglas, 1850
  • Monochroa palustrella
  • Catabrachmia rozsikella Rebel, 1909

Monochroa palustrellus, the wainscot neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in from western, central and northern Europe to the Ural Mountains and southern Siberia.[2] The habitat consists of waste ground, dry pastures and sand-dunes.[3]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[4] [5] The forewings pale brown, veins more or less marked with whitish streaks, interneural spaces mixed with blackish ; stigmata blackish, whitish-edged, plical and first discal elongate, second discal roundish. Hindwings light grey.[6][7] [8] [9]

Adults are on wing from late June to August in one generation per year.[10]

The larvae feed on Rumex species, including Rumex crispus, Rumex aquaticus and Rumex hydrolapathum.

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
  3. ^ Hants Moths
  4. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ lepiforum.de
  6. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  7. ^ Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
  8. ^ Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. [eds]. 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland [3rd ed.]Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
  9. ^ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  10. ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine


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