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 terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
[Lepidoptera: Momphidae]


Glyphipteryx terminella Humphreys & Westwood, 1845. Br. M. 2: 216, pl. 113 fig. 11.
Psacaphora chrysargyrella
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854. Europ. Schmett. 5: 216, fig. 364.
Mompha engelella
Busck, 1906. Canad. ent. 38: 123.
Elachista patriciella
Stainton, 1849.
Mompha terminella
(Humphreys & Westwood, 1845).


Leaf-mine: Early mines are spiral galleries; later forms pale blotches, sometimes having moved to a different leaf (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in UKMoths and Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: In a cocoon, on a leaf or in leaf-litter (British leafminers).

Hosts in Britain:

Onagraceae      
Circaea luteiana Enchanter's-nightshade Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Circaea luteiana Enchanter's-nightshade British leafminers
Circaea luteiana Enchanter's-nightshade UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Onagraceae      
Circaea     Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: August-September (British leafminers; UKMoths).

Time of year - adults: A single generation flies in July and August but is not easy to locate as an adult (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: A relatively local species occurring in England and Wales, less common in the eastern counties (UKMoths) including Durham, East Cornwall, East Gloucester, Leicester, North Essex, North Hants, South Northumberland, South Devon, South-west York, Warwick and Worcester
(NBN Gateway distribution map - DBRC, JNCC and NE). See also British leafminers distribution map.

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

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Balearic Is., Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [289333]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin