| Monochroa suffusella | |
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Scientific classification 
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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) | |
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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. In the east, the range extends to Japan. The habitat consists of bogs, fens, swamps and salt-marshes.
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. 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.
Adults have been recorded on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on Eriophorum angustifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Karsholt, Ole & Twan Rutten, 2005, the genus Bryotropha Heinemann in the western palaearctic (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148: 77-207. Abstract and full article:
- Fauna Europaea
- Norfolk Moths
- microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
- lepiforum.de
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- Heath, J.,ed. 1976 The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 4 Part 2
- Langmaid, J. R., Palmer, S. M. & Young, M. R. . 2018 A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland Reading, Berkshire. British Entomological and Natural History Society
- lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- bladmineerders.nl
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| Monochroa suffusella |
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