Species Details

ABH: 40.010

BF: 893

Family: Momphidae

Taxon: Mompha epilobiella

=Mompha fulvescens

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Buff Mompha

Account:

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan:

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Jan (2011) — 15 Nov (2011)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Epilobium hirsutum (Great Willowherb).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mompha-epilobiella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 91

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2020

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