Monochroa cytisella
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| Monochroa cytisella | |
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| Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Monochroa |
| Species: | M. cytisella
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochroa cytisella (Curtis, 1837)
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Monochroa cytisella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe.
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.[1]
Adults are on wing in July. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Pteridium aquilinum. The larvae feed in a slight gall in the main stem of bracken, often withering an adjacent side stem.
References
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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