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| Mompha terminella | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Momphidae |
| Genus: | Mompha |
| Species: | M. terminella |
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| Mompha terminella | |
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Mompha terminella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe and North America.
The wingspan is 8–10 mm. [2] Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year. [3]
The larvae feed on small enchanter's nightshade ( Circaea alpina ) and enchanter's nightshade ( Circaea lutetiana ) mining the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from mid-August to mid-September. They are whitish with a light brown head. [4]
It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula and from Ireland to Romania. It is also found in North America. [1] [5]
The Circaea, or enchanter's nightshades, are a genus of flowering plants in the evening primrose family Onagraceae. About two dozen taxa have been described, including eight species. Plants of the genus occur throughout the temperate and boreal forests of the Northern Hemisphere. Three taxa occur in North America: Circaea alpina, Circaea canadensis, and the hybrid Circaea × sterilis. The generic name Circaea refers to the enchantress Circe from Greek mythology who is said to have used the herb as a charm.
Nightshade is the common name for plants in the genus Solanum, and more generally for related plants in the family Solanaceae.
Circaea lutetiana, known as broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, is a plant in the evening primrose family, Onagraceae.
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.
Prochoreutis sestediana, also knowns as the silver-dot metal-mark is a moth of the family Choreutidae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1776 from a specimen found in Kiel, Germany.
Mompha is a genus of moths in the family Momphidae that was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It has four subgenera.
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 lacteella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Asia and Europe.
Mompha propinquella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe.
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 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.
Acleris aspersana, the ginger button, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Europe, where it has been recorded from Ireland, Great Britain, France, the Benelux, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic region and Russia. It is also found in the Near East and the eastern Palearctic realm. Their habitat consists of meadows and forest edges.
Circaea alpina, commonly called alpine enchanter's nightshade or small enchanter's nightshade, is a 10–30 cm tall perennial herb found in cool forests of the Northern Hemisphere.
Circaea canadensis, known as eastern enchanter's nightshade, Canada enchanter's nightshade, broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade, is a perennial herbaceous plant found in forests of eastern North America. It is very similar to its sister species, Circaea lutetiana, and was formerly considered conspecific.
Endothenia ericetana is a species of moth, belonging to the family Tortricidae first described by Henry Noel Humphreys and John O. Westwood in 1845.
