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Monochroa pullusella

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Monochroa pullusella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Monochroa
Species:
M. pullusella
Binomial name
Monochroa pullusella
(Chambers, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia pullusella Chambers, 1874
  • Aristotelia pullusella
  • Gelechia minimella Chambers, 1874
  • Aristotelia pullella Meyrick, 1925

Monochroa pullusella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Texas.[1][2]

Adults are brown, microscopically sprinkled obscurely with whitish scales.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Monochroa Heinemann, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ^ The Canadian Entomologist 6 (12): 237 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.