The wingspan is about 9–12 mm.[3] The forewings are dark fuscous, with two black stigmata on the plica and the disc and an ochreous, obliquely narrow, triangular blotch on the apical third of the costa and also on the tornus. There are three ochreous minute dots on the costa between the costal triangular blotch and the apex and three similar dots on the termen. The hindwings are fuscous.[4] Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[5]
monochroa, hornigi, knotweed, moth, family, gelechiidae, described, otto, staudinger, 1883, found, most, europe, except, ireland, belgium, luxembourg, spain, most, balkan, peninsula, european, russia, western, south, eastern, siberia, transbaikalia, korea, jap. Monochroa hornigi the knotweed neb is a moth of the family Gelechiidae It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1883 It is found in most of Europe except Ireland Belgium Luxembourg Spain and most of the Balkan Peninsula 1 European Russia western and south eastern Siberia Transbaikalia Korea and Japan Hokkaido 2 Monochroa hornigiScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily GelechiidaeGenus MonochroaSpecies M hornigiBinomial nameMonochroa hornigi Staudinger 1883 SynonymsDoryphora hornigi Staudinger 1883 Monochroa nordmanella Bruun 1958The wingspan is about 9 12 mm 3 The forewings are dark fuscous with two black stigmata on the plica and the disc and an ochreous obliquely narrow triangular blotch on the apical third of the costa and also on the tornus There are three ochreous minute dots on the costa between the costal triangular blotch and the apex and three similar dots on the termen The hindwings are fuscous 4 Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year 5 The larvae feed on Polygonum species including Polygonum lapathifolium and Polygonum aviculare They mine the stems of their host plant and overwinter in a silken chamber 6 References edit Fauna Europaea funet fi Svenska fjarilar Trans lepid Soc Japan 47 4 LOT Moths and Butterflies Hants Moths This article on a moth of the genus Monochroa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Monochroa hornigi amp oldid 1133150378, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
