40.011 BF880 - Momphidae - Mompha langiella

40.011 BF880 - Momphidae - Mompha langiella - White-spot Mompha - (Hübner, 1796)

Adult Micro: CAT 2 - Confusion Species - Leaf-miner: CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required -

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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant - Leaf Miner

Taxonomy: Micro >> . >> Momphidae

Other Name/s: Clouded Mompha

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: A shining fuscous ground colour with irregular shaped white markings at about two thirds give this moth a distinctive appearance. A Leaf Miner.

Distribution: (First record: 20/08/2022 at Hathersage ) - (Last record: 29/07/2024 at Allestree ) - Found on Enchanter’s Nightshade. Probably locally common and a species that maybe spreading northwards. First record appears to be 20/08/2022 – Hathersage

Flight Period: January / February / March / April / August / September / October / November / December / - On the wing August – May. Overwinters as an adult in thatch.

- The larva mines the leaves of enchanter’s nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) and willowherbs (Epilobium spp.) forming a whitish blotch with scattered frass.

Moth Activity: Nocturnal - and is attracted to light

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Wingspan: 9-19.5mm

Food Plant: Enchanter’s Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) and Willowherbs (Epilobium spp.).

Last Recorded Date: 29/07/2024

Last Recorded Year: 2024

First Recorded Date: 20/08/2022

First Recorded Year: 2022

Last Recorded By - Stephen Plant

Last Recorded General Area - Allestree