Monochroa leptocrossa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Gelechiidae
- Genus
- Monochroa
- Species
- Monochroa leptocrossa
- Scientific Name
- Monochroa leptocrossa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Monochroa leptocrossa
Monochroa leptocrossa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found on the Japanese island of Hokkaido and in the Russian Far East. This species has been introduced to New Zealand. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Monochroa hornigi.
The wingspan is 8.9-10.7 mm. The forewings are grey speckled with whitish and sprinkled with dark grey. The plical and second discal stigmata are small, black and distinct. There is a cloudy white dot on the costa at two-thirds, and one on the tornus slightly before it. The hindwings are grey slightly bluish tinged.
...Monochroa leptocrossa in languages:
- Japanese
- ウスイロフサベリキバガ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Monochroa absconditella
- Monochroa aenigma
- Monochroa alia
- Monochroa ambusta
- Monochroa ammixta
- Monochroa angustipennella
- Monochroa arundinetella
- Monochroa bronzella
- Monochroa captiosa
- Monochroa cleodora
- Monochroa cleodoroides
- Monochroa conspersella
- Monochroa cytisella
- Monochroa dellabeffai
- Monochroa demissa
- Monochroa disconotella
- Monochroa discriminata
- Monochroa divisella
- Monochroa elongella
- Monochroa expallescens
- Monochroa felixi
- Monochroa ferrea
- Monochroa finitima
- Monochroa fragariae
- Monochroa fumaginea
- Monochroa gilvolinella
- Monochroa harrisonella
- Monochroa hebes
- Monochroa hornigi
- Monochroa inflexella
- Monochroa infuscata
- Monochroa intricata
- Monochroa iterata
- Monochroa japonica
- Monochroa kumatai
- Monochroa leptocrossa
- Monochroa lisimachia
- Monochroa lucidella
- Monochroa lutulentella
- Monochroa melagonella
- Monochroa monactis
- Monochroa moyses
- Monochroa nigromaculella
- Monochroa niphognatha
- Monochroa nomadella
- Monochroa pallida
- Monochroa palustrellus
- Monochroa parvulata
- Monochroa pentameris
- Monochroa perterrita
- Monochroa pessocrossa
- Monochroa placidella
- Monochroa prominens
- Monochroa propria
- Monochroa pullusella
- Monochroa quinquepunctella
- Monochroa rebeli
- Monochroa recondita
- Monochroa rectifasciella
- Monochroa rhenanella
- Monochroa robusta
- Monochroa rufulella
- Monochroa rumicetella
- Monochroa saltenella
- Monochroa schistacea
- Monochroa scutatella
- Monochroa sepicolella
- Monochroa servella
- Monochroa simplicella
- Monochroa sperata
- Monochroa sphacelata
- Monochroa subcostipunctella
- Monochroa succosa
- Monochroa suffusella
- Monochroa tekovella
- Monochroa tenebrella
- Monochroa tetragonella
- Monochroa uralensis
- Monochroa ustulata





