Mompha propinquella
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Momphidae |
| Genus: | Mompha |
| Species: | M. propinquella |
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Mompha propinquella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[2] The head and thorax are ochreous-white. The forewings are dark leaden fuscous, with several small scattered orange ferruginous spots on the dorsal half; an ochreous-white triangular blotch on base of dorsum, almost touching costa at base; one or two white dots beyond this; three black scale-tufts towards dorsum, and three others above them; a white and ferruginous line from costa before middle running round central tuft; a small white tornal spot and larger costal spot beyond it, disc near them suffused with ferruginous. The hindwings are dark fuscous. The larva is brown, marbled with pale; head and plate of 2 black: in blotches in leaves of Epilobium hirsutum. Cocoon within the mine.[3] It closely resembles Mompha lacteella(Stephens, 1834) and Mompha ochraceella (Curtis, 1839) [4]
Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid-September in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) and broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium montanum), mining the leaves of their host plant.[5] The species overwinters in the larval stage.[6]
Distribution
[edit]It is found in most of Europe, except the Mediterranean islands and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mompha (Mompha) propinquella (Stainton, 1851)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description - ↑ Koster, J.C. & Sinev, S.Yu., 2003. Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxe nidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. - In P. Huemer, 0. Karsholt and L. Lyneborg (eds): Microlepidoptera of Europe 5: 1-387. ISBN 87-88757-66-8 ISSN 1395-9506
- ↑ Ellis, W N. "Mompha propinquella (Stainton, 1851) marbled mompha". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ Kimber, Ian. "40.004 BF888 Mompha propinquella (Stainton, 1851)". UKmoths. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
