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Monochroa
''Monochroa'' is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. Species *''Monochroa absconditella'' (Walker, 1864) *''Monochroa agatha'' (Meyrick, 1918) *''Monochroa ainella'' (Chrétien, 1908) *''Monochroa angustipennella'' (Clemens, 1863) *''Monochroa arundinetella'' (Stainton, 1858) *''Monochroa bronzella'' Karsholt, Nel, Fournier, Varenne & Huemer, 2013 *''Monochroa chromophanes'' (Meyrick, 1938) *''Monochroa cleodora'' (Meyrick, 1935) *''Monochroa cleodoroides'' Sakamaki, 1994 *''Monochroa conspersella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) *''Monochroa cytisella'' (Curtis, 1837) *''Monochroa dellabeffai'' (Rebel, 1932) *''Monochroa disconotella'' (Chambers, 1878) *''Monochroa discriminata'' (Meyrick, 1923) *''Monochroa divisella'' (Douglas, 1850) *''Monochroa drosocrypta'' (Meyrick, 1926) *''Monochroa elongella'' (Heinemann, 1870) *''Monochroa ferrea'' (Frey, 1870) *''Monochroa fervidella'' (Mann, 1864) *''Monochroa fragariae'' (Busck, 1919) *''Monochroa gilvolinella'' (Clemens, 1863) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Lucidella
''Monochroa lucidella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Spain, Switzerland and most of the Balkan Peninsula. It is recorded from the Near East and Siberia (Transbaikalia). The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are very pointed, fuscous, mievenly sprinkled with ochreous-whitish, sometimes forming indistinct darker and lighter fasciae; an oblong ochreous-whitish suffusion in disc at 2/3 followed by a dark fuscous dot; a very indistinct ochreous-whitish tornal spot beneath this, and costal spot beyond it. Hindwings are grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londopdf Keys and description Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed within stems of common spike-rush. Subspecies *''Monochroa lucidella immaculatella'' Huemer, 1996 (Italy) *''Monochroa lucidella lucidella'' (Stephens, 1834) References External links UKmoths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Cytisella
''Monochroa cytisella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae and found in most of Europe. The larva feed in the stems of bracken causing a slight gall. Description The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish. Forewings are ochreous - yellowish, towards costa sprinkled or suffused with fuscous; a yellowish-white streak from 4/5 of costa towards termen, not reaching it; usually an indistinct outwardly oblique whitish tornal mark. Hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing in July. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed within a bracken (''Pteridium aquilinum'') stem, in a slight gall. The gall is a slight swelling, usually in the rachis, up to 15 mm (occasionally 25 mm) long. Initially it is green and later brown; the shoot beyond the gall is poorly developed or dies. Pupation takes place in the gall. Distribution Found in most of mainland Europe from Ireland to the Ukraine, and some of the Mediterranean islands, such as Sardinia and Sicily. Et ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Arundinetella
'' 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. The larvae feed on ''Carex acutiformis ''Carex acutiformis'', the lesser pond-sedge, is a species of sedge. Description It grows up to tall, with leaves up to long and wide. Ecology It is native to parts of northern and western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number o ...'', '' Carex riparia'' and '' Carex rostrata''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. 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 Moths described in 1858 Monochroa Moths of Europe {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Leptocrossa
''Monochroa leptocrossa'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on the Japanese island of Hokkaido and in the Russian Far East. This species has been introduced to New Zealand. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of '' Monochroa hornigi''. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 8.9-10.7 mm. The forewings are grey speckled with whitish and sprinkled with dark grey. The plical and second discal stigmata are small, black and distinct. There is a cloudy white dot on the costa at two-thirds, and one on the tornus slightly before it. The hindwings are grey slightly bluish tinged. References Moths described in 1926 Monochroa Moths of Japan Moths of Asia Moths of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Hornigi
''Monochroa hornigi'', the knotweed neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1883. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Spain and most of the Balkan Peninsula), European Russia, western and south-eastern Siberia, Transbaikalia, Korea and Japan (Hokkaido). The wingspan is about 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''Polygonum'' species, including ''Polygonum lapathifolium'' and ''Polygonum aviculare ''Polygonum aviculare'' or common knotgrass is a plant related to buckwheat and dock. It is also called prostrate knotweed, birdweed, pigweed and lowgrass. It is an annual found in fields and wasteland, with white flowers from June to October. ...''. They mine the stems of their host plant and overwinter in a silken chamber. References Moths described in 1883 Monochroa {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Gilvolinella
''Monochroa gilvolinella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1863. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is about 10 mm. The forewings are pale yellowish, dusted with dark fuscous, especially towards the tip and along the costa from the middle to the tip. Near the tip is an oblique, pale yellowish line from the costa, extended to a spot of the same hue beneath the tip. Behind this line in the middle of the wing is a blackish-brown dot. Between the costal end of the line and the tip of the wing are two or three small pale yellowish costal dots, and a few on the margin beneath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Discriminata
''Monochroa discriminata'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from southern Ontario. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ... is 12–13 mm. The forewings are grey. The stigmata are cloudy, blackish and often obscure, the plical obliquely before the first discal, sometimes a faint oblique shade of blackish irroration (sprinkles) from near the costa at one-third to the first discal. There is an obscure whitish dot on the costa at two-thirds, preceded by slight darker suffusion, sometimes obsolete. The hindwings are grey. References Moths described in 1923 Monochroa {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Divisella
''Monochroa divisella'', the scarce marsh neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Denmark, Latvia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria and France. Outside of Europe, it is known from Korea, the Russian Far East and Japan. The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are two-tone ochreous with two distinct black spots. Adults are on wing in June and July. The larvae feed on ''Iris pseudacorus ''Iris pseudacorus'', the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet ''pseudacorus'' means "false acorus", r ...''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. References Moths described in 1850 Monochroa Moths of Japan Moths of Europe {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Chromophanes
''Monochroa chromophanes'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1938. It is found in Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ..., China. References Moths described in 1938 Monochroa {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Cleodora
''Monochroa cleodora'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is found in Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) and Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republi .... References Moths described in 1935 Monochroa {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Absconditella
''Monochroa absconditella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Illinois, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Ohio. The wingspan is about . Adults are on wing from January to February and from April to December. The larvae feed in the stem of ''Ampelopsis'' and ''Polygonum ''Polygonum'' is a genus of about 130 species of flowering plant in the buckwheat and knotweed family Polygonaceae. Common names include knotweed and knotgrass (though the common names may refer more broadly to plants from Polygonaceae). In t ...'' species (including '' Polygonum densilflorum'' and '' Polygonum punctatum''). References Moths described in 1864 Monochroa {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monochroa Japonica
''Monochroa japonica'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d .... It was described by Sakamaki in 1996. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu) and Korea. Adults emerge in early summer. The larvae feed within the stem of '' Polygonum thunbergii''. Pupation takes place within the stem in late spring. References Moths described in 1996 Monochroa {{Monochroa-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
