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Leaf
and bark mine:
Mining the stems and later the leaves (UKMoths).
The
larva lives as a bark miner in late summer and autumn. It descends
into the rootstock for hibernation. After hibernation large, lower
surface blotch mines are made in the lower leaves, from a gallery
in the bark. They start in the base of the leaf, and are centered
over the midrib. The mine contains hardly any frass. The larva can
make several mines. Sometimes several larvae in a mine. Pupation
in the mine (Bladmineerders
van Europa).
Larva:
Yellowish white; head, prothoracic and anal plate light brown (Koster,
2002b; Koster and Sinev, 2003a) (Bladmineerders
van Europa).
Pupa:
Details unknown.
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths.
The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection
Group (check for update).
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Adult of Mompha ochraceella
Shelley Whins, W. Yorks.
Image: ©Ian Kimber (UKMoths) |
Hosts
in Britain:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae:
Early spring, up to April (Bladmineerders
van Europa).
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 Great Britain and Ireland: Occurs widely throughout much
of Britain (UKMoths)
including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire,
East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Middlesex, North Essex, North Hampshire, North
Somerset, North Wiltshire, Shropshire, South Lancaster, South Somerset,
South Wiltshire, Stafford, Warwickshire, West Gloucestershire, West
Kent, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Worcestershire (NBN
Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly
available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border
at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may
relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN
Grid map below).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken
in Fauna
Europaea).
NBN Grid map: Note that not all datasets on the NBN Gateway may be available on the map below. If you are an NBN Gateway registered user you can request access for missing datasets via the link 'Open interactive map in new window' below.
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental 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 and van Nieukerken
in Fauna
Europaea).
NBN
interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain
and Ireland and elsewhere:
Parasitoids
in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.
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