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Monochroa palustrellus
Species of moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monochroa palustrellus, the wainscot neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in from western, central and northern Europe to the Ural Mountains and southern Siberia.[2] The habitat consists of waste ground, dry pastures and sand-dunes.[3]
The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[4][5] The forewings pale brown, veins more or less marked with whitish streaks, interneural spaces mixed with blackish; stigmata blackish, whitish-edged, plical and first discal elongate, second discal roundish. Hindwings light grey.[6][7][8][9]
Adults are on wing from late June to August in one generation per year.[10]
The larvae feed on Rumex species, including Rumex crispus, Rumex aquaticus and Rumex hydrolapathum.
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