Species Details

ABH: 40.004

BF: 888

Family: Momphidae

Taxon: Mompha propinquella

Authority: (Stainton, 1851)

Vernacular: White-headed Mompha

Account: Local in open woodland, waste ground and gardens throughout Britain, north to Aberdeenshire The main confusion species is M. lacteella from which it is distinguished by the white head and thorax and on the forewing by the white basal blotch and brown terminal area (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Larva mines leaves of Broad-leaved Willowherb and Great Willowherb, over-wintering as a small larva.

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: 11 — 12.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 21 Jun (2005) — 5 Sep (2018)

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-propinquella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 21

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2024

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