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.[1] This species has been introduced to New Zealand.[2] Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms gives this name as a synonym of Monochroa hornigi.[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. leptocrossa
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochroa leptocrossa (Meyrick, 1926)
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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.[4]
References
edit- ^ Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 47 (4).
- ^ Robert J. B. Hoare (December 2001). "Adventive species of Lepidoptera recorded for the first time in New Zealand since 1988". New Zealand Entomologist. 24 (1): 23–47. doi:10.1080/00779962.2001.9722079. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54578054.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 12, 2019). "Monochroa hornigi (Staudinger, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (9): 273.
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