The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds


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Mompha ochraceella (Curtis, 1839)
[Lepidoptera: Momphidae]


Laverna ochraceella Curtis, 1839. Brit. Ent. 16: 735.
Mompha ochraceella
(Curtis, 1839).


Leaf and stem mine: Mining the stems and later the leaves (UKMoths).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Onagraceae      
Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Onagraceae      
Epilobium hirsutum Great Willowherb Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Flying at night, and attracted to light, the adults can be found on the wing between May and August (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: Occurs widely throughout much of Britain (UKMoths) including East Kent, East Suffolk, Hunts, North Hants, South Devon, South Lancaster, South Somerset and West Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, JNCC, NE and SHWRG).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
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NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [289292]
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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin