Monochroa cytisella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in most of Europe.

Monochroa cytisella
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Monochroa
Species:	M. cytisella
Binomial name
Monochroa cytisella (Curtis, 1837)
Synonyms
Cleodora cytisella Curtis, 1837 Anacampsis fuscipennis Humphreys & Westwood, 1845 Gelechia walkeriella Douglas, 1850 Eupleuris coenulentella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854 Aristotelia clinosema Meyrick, 1935 Paltodora griseocapitella Bentinck, 1949

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish. Forewings are ochreous - yellowish, towards costa sprinkled or suffused with fuscous; a yellowish-white streak from 4/5 of costa towards termen, not reaching it; usually an indistinct outwardly oblique whitish tornal mark. Hindwings are grey.[1]

Adults are on wing in July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Pteridium aquilinum. The larvae feed in a slight gall in the main stem of bracken, often withering an adjacent side stem.

References

External links

• UKmoths
• Fauna Europaea

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