Monochroa rumicetella (Hoffmann, 1868)
mine
Large full depth blotch, that in R. acetosella may occupy almost the entire leaf. In R. acetosella the frass is concentrated in the leaf tip, in R. acetosa on the midrib. Pupation external (Hering, 1957a).
host plants
Polygonaceae, monophagous
Rumex acetosa, acetosella.
Mainly on R. acetosella (Hering, 1957a).
phenology
Larvae in July, August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia and Belarus to Portugal, the Alps, and Greece, and from France to Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Red (Skala, 1950a).
notes
The related M. sepicolella has long been a forgotten species, and it is well possible that the description above, and references below, partly refer to that species.
references
Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Kaitila 1996a), Klimesch (1958a), Leutsch (2011a), Maček (1999a), Schütze (1931a), Skala (1950a), Šumpich, Liška & Dvořák (2011a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a).