Monochroa cytisella

Monochroa cytisella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe.

Monochroa cytisella
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Monochroa
Species:
M. cytisella
Binomial name
Monochroa cytisella
(Curtis, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Cleodora cytisella Curtis, 1837
  • Anacampsis fuscipennis Humphreys & Westwood, 1845
  • Gelechia walkeriella Douglas, 1850
  • Eupleuris coenulentella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Aristotelia clinosema Meyrick, 1935
  • Paltodora griseocapitella Bentinck, 1949

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
  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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