Momphidae ABH 40.014 B&F 881   *   Mompha terminella Leaf mine photographs on Enchanter's Nightshade, Circaea lutetiana. Wingspan: 8mm Season: July-August Food plant: Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) Mine: August-September Egg laid on upper side of leaf. Initial corridor either in spirals or strongly looped. A second mine begins as a narrow corridor before widening into a large blotch with the frass in a broad band. Pupation is external.

Mompha terminella
Leaf mine on Enchanter's Nightshade, Circaea lutetiana. Branksome Park Woods, Dorset and Buckinghampshire. August and September 2013