Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Monochroa | |
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Similar Monochroa arundinetella, Monochroa divisella, Monochroa tenebrella, Monochroa servella, Monochroa | ||
Monochroa niphognatha is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Gozmány in 1953. It is found in Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Ukraine.
The wingspan is 13-15 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed in the stem of Persicaria amphibia.
References
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