Monochroa arundinetella

Monochroa arundinetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Monochroa
Species:	M. arundinetella
Binomial name
	Monochroa arundinetella; (Stainton, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
	Gelechia arundinetella Stainton, 1858; Gelechia arundinetella Boyd, 1857;

Monochroa arundinetella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Hungary and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

Mined leaves of Carex riparia

Larva

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Carex acutiformis, Carex riparia and Carex rostrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow, long corridor. It may change direction. The larva may leave the mine and restart elsewhere. Pupation takes place within the mine in a white cocoon.[3] Larvae can be found from March to May. They are whitish with a black head.

Taxonomy

Some sources list Boyd as the author of the species, claiming it was described by him in 1857.

References

Fauna Europaea
microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
bladmineerders.nl

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] rolepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[3] rders.nl