Monochroa pullusella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Texas.[1][2]
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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. pullusella
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochroa pullusella (Chambers, 1874)
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Adults are brown, microscopically sprinkled obscurely with whitish scales.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Monochroa Heinemann, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ The Canadian Entomologist 6 (12): 237
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