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35.073 Monochroa
palustrellus (Douglas, 1850)
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Food Plant: Rumex crispus (Curly Dock) (possibly other Rumex species too) Mine: April-June Notes: Lives internally in the rootstock, stem and leaf petioles. Pupation is within the rootstock. A moth found predominantly in the South. Larva and feeding damage inside a stem of Rumex hydrolapathum. Data: 05.vi.2023, Dungeness, Kent, VC15 Image:© Wil lLangdon |
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