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| Mompha lacteella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Momphidae |
| Genus: | Mompha |
| Species: | M. lacteella |
| Binomial name | |
| Mompha lacteella | |
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Mompha lacteella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Asia and Europe.
The wingspan is 11–13 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July. [2]
The larvae feed on great willowherb ( Epilobium hirsutum ) and broad-leaved willowherb ( Epilobium montanum ), mining the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a large full depth blotch in the lower leaves. Most frass is deposited in coarse grains. The larva may leave the mine and restart elsewhere. Larvae can be found from March to April. They are yellowish pink to purple brown with a black head. [3]
Pupation takes place inside the mine or in the ground.
It is found in most of Europe, except the southern parts of the continent. In the east, the range extends through Asia Minor, the Caucasus, eastern Transcaucasia and southern Siberia to the Russian Far East.
Epilobium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, containing about 197 species. The genus has a worldwide distribution. It is most prevalent in the subarctic, temperate and subantarctic regions, whereas in the subtropics and tropics Epilobium species are restricted to the cool montane biomes, such as the New Guinea Highlands.
Epilobium hirsutum is a flowering plant belonging to the willowherb genus Epilobium in the family Onagraceae. It is commonly known as the great willowherb, great hairy willowherb or hairy willowherb. Local names include codlins-and-cream, apple-pie and cherry-pie.
Epilobium ciliatum, known by the common names fringed willowherb, American willowherb, slender willow herb, and northern willow herb is a species of flowering plant in the willowherb family Onagraceae. This species is native to much of North America, southern South America, and East Asia. It is an introduced species in much of Eurasia and Australia.
Mompha raschkiella is a species of micromoth in the family Momphidae. The moth was first described by German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1838.
Mompha epilobiella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe and North America.
Mompha ochraceella is a moth of the family Momphidae found in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Mompha subbistrigella, the garden cosmet, is a moth of the Momphidae family found in most of Europe.
Mompha langiella is a moth of the family Momphidae. It is found in most of Europe, except parts of the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands.
Mompha conturbatella, also known as the fireweed mompha moth, is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Asia, Europe and North America. It was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Mompha propinquella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe.
Mompha terminella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe and North America.
Mompha divisella is a moth in the family Momphidae. It is found from southern Scandinavia to the Caucasus and central Asia.
Mompha bradleyi is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe.
Mompha sturnipennella is a moth in the family Momphidae. It is found in the Holarctic ecozone and is found in most of Europe, Siberia, the Russian Far East and Canada.
Mompha jurassicella is a moth in the family Momphidae that can be found in western Europe. The range extends to Switzerland in the east.
Mompha miscella is a moth in the family Momphidae, found in Asia Minor, Europe and North Africa.
Mompha locupletella is a moth in the family Momphidae that can be found in the Palearctic including Europe.
Mompha sexstrigella is a moth in the family Momphidae. It has a Holarctic distribution. In Europe it is found in northern Fennoscandia and Estonia. It is also found in the Asian part of Russia, where it is known from the Altai mountains, southern Siberia and Sakhalin. In North America, it is found in Canada and the western United States.
Stephensia brunnichella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and east into the Palearctic.
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