Monochroa sepicolella
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Monochroa sepicolella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1]
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Monochroa sepicolella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is found from central and northern Europe to the Ural Mountains, the Caucasus and southern Siberia.[2]
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[3]
The larvae feed on Fallopia dumetorum and Rumex thyrsiflorus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large full-depth blotch mine.[4]
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ 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
- ^ Swedish Moths
- ^ bladmineerders.nl
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