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Mompha langiella
White-spot Mompha (Hübner, 1796)
Momphidae
880 / 40.011
Photo © Neil Sherman,  Purdis Farm, Ipswich. July 2022

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 9-10.5mm
Flight: August-April apparently hibernating in thatch
Foodplant:   enchanter's-nightshade, various willowherbs
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Morley’s Final Catalogue: Not listed.

Recent Status: A rare species in Suffolk.

Life Style: A single brooded species that hibernates and comes to light. It can be found from August till May. The larvae mine white blotches on leaves of Circaea lutetiana also reported occasionally on Epilobium and Chamaenerion. They pupate in a spindle shaped cocoon.

Identification: The moth is quite unlike any other British Mompha being dark brown with a prominent sub-quadrate white patch centrally placed at two thirds. There may also be a small white dash at one third and a vague suffusion terminally.
The larval mine in Circaea lututiana is similar to that of M. terminella. The mines are a hybrid between a broad gallery and a blotch. They move to other points on the leaf or another leaf. However the initial mine of the two species differ. That of M. terminella showing spirally arranged frass whilst that of M. langiella is dispersed. http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Lepidoptera/M.langiella.htm

Recorded in 6 (10%) of 58 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1935.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
11/09/2024226TL84Sudbury/Glemsford
11/06/2024226TL84Sudbury/Glemsford
17/07/2023125TM23Felixstowe/Landguard Point
24/07/2022+25TM24Woodbridge/Martlesham
20/07/2022125TM24Woodbridge/Martlesham
04/06/2022226TL64Haverhill
22/05/2019125TM24Woodbridge/Martlesham
10/07/2006 to 17/07/2006+26TL78Brandon/Lakenheath
08/06/1935126TL95Bradfield/Hitcham
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