Monochroa arundinetella

Monochroa arundinetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Monochroa
Species:	M. arundinetella
Binomial name
Monochroa arundinetella (Stainton, 1858)
Synonyms
Gelechia arundinetella Stainton, 1858 Gelechia arundinetella Boyd, 1857

Monochroa arundinetella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Hungary and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

Mined leaves of Carex riparia

Larva

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.

The larvae feed on Carex acutiformis, Carex riparia and Carex rostrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from March to May.

Taxonomy

Some sources list Boyd as the author of the species, claiming it was described by him in 1857.