Monochroa rutilella
| Monochroa rutilella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Monochroa |
| Species: | M. rutilella |
| Binomial name | |
| Monochroa rutilella (Snellen, 1884) | |
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Monochroa rutilella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Snellen in 1884. It is found in Russia (Amur region).[1]
The wingspan is 9.5–10 mm. The forewings are dark violet at the base with a green-silvery diagonal band from one-sixth to the fold. The remainder are shining coppery with two purple-silvery dots, one at two-thirds of the fold and the other halfway in the cell. The last one-third, at the tip, is red-coppery with a violet glow which intensifies towards the tip. The hindwings are blackish-grey with a coppery tinge.[2]
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