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Monochroa niphognatha

Synonyms: Aristotelia niphognatha (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Monochroa niphognatha is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Gozmány in 1953. It is found in Great Britain, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Ukraine. The wingspan is 13-15 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July. The larvae feed in the stem of Persicaria amphibia.
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Prey / Diet

Lysimachia vulgaris (garden yellow loosestrife)[1]
Persicaria amphibia (water knotweed)[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0