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Mompha miscella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) [Lepidoptera: Momphidae] Tinea miscella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. Verz.: 142. Tebenna opacella Müller-Rutz, 1934. Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges. 16: 121, pl. 1 fig. 5. Lophoptilus staintoni Sircom, 1848. Zoologist: 2038. Mompha miscella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

Leaf-mine: Initially a gallery is made and filled with frass. It is widened abruptly into a blotch, which absorbs the gallery and may occupy the whole leaf. The frass may then be dispersed or heaped in the blotch. A larva may mine more than one leaf before it vacates the mine (UKMoths). The mine is also illustrated in British leafminers. The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: In a silk cocoon among leaf litter (UKMoths; British leafminers). Hosts in Britain: Cistaceae       Helianthemum     British leafminers Helianthemum     UKMoths Helianthemum apenninum White Rock-rose British leafminers Helianthemum apenninum White Rock-rose Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Helianthemum canum   British leafminers Helianthemum canum   Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Helianthemum lanceolatum   Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Helianthemum nummularium Common Rock-rose British leafminers Helianthemum nummularium Common Rock-rose Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Cistaceae       Cistus apenninum   Nederlandse bladmineerders Helianthemum canum   Nederlandse bladmineerders Helianthemum nummularium Common Rock-rose Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: October-April and June-July (UKMoths; British leafminers). Time of year - adults: The adults fly in two generations, primarily May-mid June, and mid July-August, but specimens can be found any time from late April to early October. Adults can often be taken in a fine meshed net by day, if the foodplants or nearby low vegetation are disturbed (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: The distribution of this moth follows that of its foodplants; rockroses (Helianthemum spp.), which are confined to limestone and chalk in southern Britain, but extends onto slightly acid soils in N.E. England and E. Scotland. It is usually a common moth, wherever its foodplants occur (UKMoths), including East Kent, East Perth, North Hants, South Aberdeen, South Wilts, Stafford and Westmorland (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, NE, NESBRC and SNH). See also British leafminers distribution map. Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Hemiptarsenus waterhousii Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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