Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Monochroa | |
Similar Monochroa servella, Monochroa tenebrella, Monochroa arundinetella, Monochroa, Metzneria lappella | ||
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.
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.
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.
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