Mompha terminella 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


Mompha terminella


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

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