Monochroa arundinetella
Species of moth
Monochroa arundinetella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Monochroa |
Species: | M. arundinetella |
Binomial name | |
Monochroa arundinetella (Stainton, 1858)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Monochroa arundinetella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Hungary and from Great Britain to Ukraine.
The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on Carex acutiformis, Carex riparia and Carex rostrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] Larvae can be found from March to May.
Taxonomy
Some sources list Boyd as the author of the species, claiming it was described by him in 1857.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ bladmineerders.nl
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