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Monochroa melanaphra

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Monochroa melanaphra is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about Monochroa melanaphra

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Monochroa melanaphra live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Monochroa melanaphra is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Monochroa melanaphra 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 Monochroa melanaphra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMonochroa
  7. SpeciesMonochroa melanaphra (Meyrick, 1923)

Synonyms Aristotelia melanaphra

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Monochroa melanaphra

Other species in the same genus Monochroa.

Bracken neb

Monochroa cytisella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

Pembroke neb

Monochroa elongella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

Coast neb

Monochroa moyses

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMonochroa melanaphra vs Bracken nebMonochroa melanaphra vs Knotweed nebMonochroa melanaphra vs Buff-marked nebMonochroa melanaphra vs Pembroke neb

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Monochroa melanaphra live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Monochroa melanaphra for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Monochroa melanaphra?

Monochroa melanaphra (Monochroa melanaphra) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Monochroa melanaphra (Monochroa melanaphra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/monochroa-melanaphra

MLA

“Monochroa melanaphra (Monochroa melanaphra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/monochroa-melanaphra.

BibTeX
@misc{monochroa_melanaphra_2026,
  title = {Monochroa melanaphra (Monochroa melanaphra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/monochroa-melanaphra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}