Knotweed neb
Monochroa hornigi (Staudinger, 1883)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The knotweed neb (Monochroa hornigi) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera.
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Quick facts about the knotweed neb
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the knotweed neb live?
Not recorded
Is the knotweed neb endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the knotweed neb classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyGelechiidae
- genusMonochroa
- SpeciesMonochroa hornigi (Staudinger, 1883)
Synonyms Aristotelia hornigii, Aristotelia leptocrossa, Doryphora hornigi, Monochroa nordmanella, Xystophora hornigi var. lapathifolii
Other names and names in other languages (8)
- Hornigs Ruderalflur-PalpenfalterGerman
- tatarkaitakoiFinnish
- ホーニッヒチャマダラキバガJapanese
- 강원물결뿔나방Korean
- DuizendknoopboegsprietmotDutch
- psota HornigovaSlovak
- pilörtdystermalSwedish
- pilörtsdystermalSwedish
Relatives of the knotweed neb
Other species in the same genus Monochroa.
Bracken neb
Monochroa cytisella
Buff-marked neb
Monochroa lucidella
Pembroke neb
Monochroa elongella
Coast neb
Monochroa moyses
Common plain neb
Monochroa tenebrella
Sedge neb
Monochroa arundinetella
CompareKnotweed neb vs Bracken nebKnotweed neb vs Buff-marked nebKnotweed neb vs Pembroke nebKnotweed neb vs Coast neb
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the knotweed neb?
The knotweed neb (Monochroa hornigi) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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