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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Monochroa |
| Species: | M. arundinetella
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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 edit
Some sources list Boyd as the author of the species, claiming it was described by him in 1857.
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ bladmineerders.nl