Monochroa palustrellus, the wainscot neb, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in from western, central and northern Europe to the Ural Mountains and southern Siberia.[2] The habitat consists of waste ground, dry pastures and sand-dunes.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Monochroa |
| Species: | M. palustrellus
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| Monochroa palustrellus (Douglas, 1850)[1]
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The wingspan is 17–19 mm.[4] [5] Adults are on wing from late June to August in one generation per year.[6]
The larvae feed on Rumex species, including Rumex crispus, Rumex aquaticus and Rumex hydrolapathum.
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Junnilainen, J. et al. 2010: The gelechiid fauna of the southern Ural Mountains, part II: list of recorded species with taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa, 2367: 1–68. Preview
- ^ Hants Moths
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine