Mompha ochraceella
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Momphidae
Genus: Mompha
Species:
M. ochraceella
Binomial name
Mompha ochraceella
(Curtis, 1839) [1]
Synonyms
  • Laverna ochraceella Curtis, 1839

Mompha ochraceella is a moth of the family Momphidae found in Africa, Asia and Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The head is whitish-yellow ochreous. Forewings are yellow, suffusedly and irregularly irrorated with pale ferruginous; three darker scale-tufts above dorsum. Hindwings are whitish-yellowish. The larva is pale yellowish head pale brown.[2]

Adults are on wing from May to August.[3]

The larvae feed on willowherbs (Epilobium species), including great willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum). They mine the stems and later the leaves of their host plant. The leaf mine consists of a lower-surface blotch in a low growing leaf. The blotch is centered over the midrib and contains little or no frass. Pupation is within the mine.[4]

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe, ranging (in the south) to Morocco and Asia Minor. In the east, the range extends to the Caucasus and Iran.

References

  1. ↑ "Mompha (Mompha) ochraceella (Curtis, 1839)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "40.002 BF886 Mompha ochraceella (Curtis, 1839)". UKmoths. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  4. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Mompha ochraceella (Curtis, 1839) buff mompha". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 25 April 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.