Species Details

ABH: 40.002

BF: 886

Family: Momphidae

Taxon: Mompha ochraceella

Authority: (Curtis, 1839)

Vernacular: Amber Mompha

Account: Common in damp areas throughout much of Britain, south of the Moray Firth The only wholly yellow-ochreous Mompha. Larva mines stems and leaves of Great 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: 14 — 16 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 14 Jun (2016) — 15 Jul (2013)

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-ochraceella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 7

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2006

Latest Year: 2019

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