Monochroa disconotella

Monochroa disconotella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1878. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire and Ohio.[1][2]

Monochroa disconotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Monochroa
Species:
M. disconotella
Binomial name
Monochroa disconotella
(Chambers, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia disconotella Chambers, 1878

Adults are pale fuscous, or rather ochreous yellow, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous, with a faint silky-roseate hue, and with a longitudinal-elliptical brown spot at the end of the cell.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Monochroa Heinemann, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 86


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