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.[1][2]

Monochroa cleodora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Monochroa
Species:
M. cleodora
Binomial name
Monochroa cleodora
(Meyrick, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia cleodora Meyrick, 1935

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous, darker towards the apex. The dorsal area is suffused with white on the basal third and there is a very oblique white fascia from the costa at one-fifth to the dorsum beyond the middle, the plical stigma appearing as a minute black speck on its anterior edge. There is a parallel suffused white fascia from the costa before the middle to the disc, its apex enclosing a large black dot (representing the second discal stigma). There is a parallel white streak from the costa at two-thirds to the middle of the termen. Three white dots are found on the costa between this and the apex, one just before the apex, one on the termen below it, and one on the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 12, 2019). "Monochroa cleodora (Meyrick, 1935)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 47 (4).
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (18-19): 583.


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