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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.

Monochroa arundinetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Monochroa
Species:	M. arundinetella
Binomial name
Monochroa arundinetella (Stainton, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
Gelechia arundinetella Stainton, 1858 Gelechia arundinetella Boyd, 1857

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Carex acutiformis, Carex riparia and Carex rostrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow, long corridor. It may change direction. The larva may leave the mine and restart elsewhere. Pupation takes place within the mine in a white cocoon.[3] Larvae can be found from March to May. They are whitish with a black head.

Taxonomy

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

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