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40.014 BF881  – Enchanter's Mompha  – Mompha terminella  – (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species –       Leaf-miner:  CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – reared and possibly dissected       Larval Case:  C1 – Distinctive Species –      
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Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant         purple – Leaf-miner
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Momphidae
** Photograph required / Identification write up required **
ID Difficulty:  amber  – care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required.
Confusion Species:  Mompha locupletella (Flame Mompha)
Distribution:  (Last record: circa 1887 at Repton Shrubs )  –  Nationally Scarce B – Significant record – Harrison and Sterling and DaNES Historic list one record to ca. 1887 – Repton Shrubs  – no modern day records. Likely no longer in VC57.
General Comment: None
Flight Period: July /  August –  Not easy to locate as an adult Mine Period:  August /  September
Mine Period Additional: The larva mine Enchanter’s Nightshade in August and September 
Mine ID Difficulty:  Red Mine Leaf – Mine cannot be identified without breeding through and then adult may need to be examined by Gen Det Prep.
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – but can be disturbed during the day Photographed: No –  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 7 April 2026 by TD ***
Food Plant: Enchanter’s Nightshade
Last Recorded Year: circa 1887
Last Recorded By – Harrison and Sterling and DaNES Historic
Last Recorded General Area – Repton Shrubs

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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 1887 - 1887)
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This chart summarises all available historical occurrence records collated by ISO week of the year. It reflects recorder effort and sampling distribution as well as true biological activity, and should be interpreted as an indicative pattern of seasonal occurrence rather than a statistically controlled abundance or phenology model.

Distribution Map for Mompha terminella

Found 1 records
    ↳ from 2026+
    ↳ from 2020 - 2025
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020
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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Mompha terminella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Mompha terminella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Mompha terminella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )

First/Last Recorded Dates: Mompha terminella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Mompha terminella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Mompha terminella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Mompha terminella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2026

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Mompha terminella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Mompha terminella

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Mompha terminella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Mompha terminella – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site Name Tetrad Date Count Stage Recorder Source RecordKey
Repton Shrubs SK32B 01/07/1887 1 Adult DaNES old_documented_vc57_moth_data

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