Seq # 285010430

Mompha terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) Species

Last modified: Aug. 31, 2023, 6:10 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

Native


Distribution


Imago

Wingspan is about 8 mm.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Mine

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.
See also bladmineerders.be


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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