Species Details

ABH: 40.013

BF: 882

Family: Momphidae

Taxon: Mompha locupletella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Flame Mompha

Account: Local in damp areas throughout the British Isles Could be confused with M. terminella, but larger and brighter, and with cilia unicolorous. Larva mines leaves of various species of Willowherb.

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: 9 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 May (2006) — 13 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant: Epilobium sp. (a willowherb).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2016

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