Mompha terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) Species
Last modified: Dec. 3, 2024, 2:51 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Momphidae > Genus: Mompha > Subgenus: Psacaphora > Species: Mompha terminella
- Vernacular names
- Kleine heksenkruidmot (NL), Hexenkraut-Fransenfalter (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1898. Note sur quelques Lépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune belge. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 34–38. On page 36. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Wingspan is about 8 mm.
Museum specimens
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At first a narrow gallery turning in semi-circles around the oviposition place; later widening into a blotch. The black frass is concentrated in a central line.
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Cocoon/pupa
White.
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Bionomics
The larva mines the leaves of its food plant. It pupates in a whitish cocoon spun to a leaf or to leaf litter on the ground.
The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
One generation a year from mid-June till August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Circaea lutetiana and Circaea alpina
- Host plant (genera):
- Circaea
Oligophagous on Circaea especially on C. lutetiana.
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