Monochroa rumicetella

Monochroa rumicetella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by O. Hofmann in 1868.^[1] It is found from Fennoscandia and Belarus to Portugal, the Alps and Greece, and from France to Romania.

Monochroa rumicetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Monochroa
Species:	M. rumicetella
Binomial name
Monochroa rumicetella (O. Hofmann, [1868])
Synonyms
Gelechia rumicetella O. Hofmann, 1868 Xystophora acutangulella Heinemann, 1870 Aristotelia leptotechna Meyrick, 1937

The wingspan is 10–11 mm.^[2] Adults are on wing in May.^[3]

The larvae feed on Rumex acetosa and Rumex acetosella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found in July and August.^[4]