Mompha terminella

Mompha terminella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe and North America.

Mompha terminella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Momphidae
Genus: Mompha
Species:
M. terminella
Binomial name
Mompha terminella
(Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) [1]
Synonyms

Description

The wingspan is 8–10 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on small enchanter's nightshade (Circaea alpina) and enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana) mining the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a long, narrow, full depth, strongly spiral corridor. The frass is initially deposited in fine grains, but later in a central line. The larva leaves the mine to start elsewhere, either as a continuation of the existing corridor or in a new leaf. This new mine starts as a narrow corridor but soon widens into a large blotch. The frass is deposited in a broad band. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. Larvae can be found from mid-August to mid-September. They are whitish with a light brown head.[4]

Distribution

It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula and from Ireland to Romania. It is also found in North America.[1][5]

gollark: ↑
gollark: Because they're the one who has to keep it connected to their body for 9 months or so.
gollark: I don't think that a child is meaningfully, by any definition which is actually sane or relevant, part of a parent's body, or composed of them, and I don't see why "so both genetic contributors get to decide whether the mother keeps it around" follows.
gollark: If they agree to it, sure.
gollark: It seems like you're (implicitly?) doing that weird motte-and-bailey thing where you go "by some strained technical definition, you are part of your parent's body" and then go "since you're now obviously part of their body, they get authority over you".

References
  1. "Mompha (Psacaphora) terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2011-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Kimber, Ian. "40.014 BF881 Mompha terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)". UKmoths. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  4. Ellis, W N. "Mompha terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845) enchanters mompha". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. "421855.00 – 1456 – Mompha terminella – (Westwood, 1851)". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
A leaf of Circaea lutetiana mined by larva
Larva


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