40.014 BF881  -  Momphidae - Mompha terminella - Enchanter's Mompha - (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 - Confusion Species -       Leaf-miner:  CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required - reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
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:  Nationally Scarce B – Significant record – Only records go back to ca. 1887 – Repton Shrubs & Rolleston-on-Dove (Harrison & Sterling) – no modern day records to 2024
Flight Period: July /  August /  -  Not easy to locate as an adult Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 4 April 2025 by TD ***
Food Plant: Enchanter’s Nightshade
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