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Monochroa placidella

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Monochroa placidella is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about Monochroa placidella

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Monochroa placidella 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 placidella is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Monochroa placidella 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 placidella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMonochroa
  7. SpeciesMonochroa placidella (Zeller, 1874)

Synonyms Aristotelia natalella, Aristotelia notatella, Gelechia placidella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Monochroa placidella

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

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Monochroa placidella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Monochroa placidella for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Monochroa placidella?

Monochroa placidella (Monochroa placidella) 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 placidella (Monochroa placidella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/monochroa-placidella

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{monochroa_placidella_2026,
  title = {Monochroa placidella (Monochroa placidella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/monochroa-placidella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}