Momphidae
Mompha (Mompha) ochraceella
MOMPHA (Mompha) ochraceella (Curtis, 1839)
Mompha (Mompha) ochraceella
MOMPHA (Mompha) ochraceella (Curtis, 1839)
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Buff Cosmet
Wingspan: 14-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Canary Is & Madeira) : N Africa - Morocco : Asia Minor : Caucasus : Iran
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain south of Moray Firth
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
None - the only yellow ochreous Mompha
Larva: Mines stems and leaves of host plant
Observations: The forewing is yellowish ochre with mottled marking slightly darker and a fairly indistinct yellowish costal spot at at three quarters the length of forewing and small tufts of brown scales at one fifth and one half which become unclear with worn individuals.
Moth is attracted t light.
Wingspan: 14-16mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Canary Is & Madeira) : N Africa - Morocco : Asia Minor : Caucasus : Iran
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of Great Britain south of Moray Firth
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Laverna ochraceella (Curtis, 1839)
- Tinea conturbatella Hübner, 1819
- Not Specified
Habitat: Woodland : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
None - the only yellow ochreous Mompha
Larva: Mines stems and leaves of host plant
Observations: The forewing is yellowish ochre with mottled marking slightly darker and a fairly indistinct yellowish costal spot at at three quarters the length of forewing and small tufts of brown scales at one fifth and one half which become unclear with worn individuals.
Moth is attracted t light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Onagraceae - Evening Primrose Family
- Epilobium hirsutum - Great Willowherb (Mines stems & Leaves)
- Epilobium hirsutum - Great Willowherb (Mines stems & Leaves)
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Momphidae MOMPHA Hübner 1825 Mompha Hübner 1825 Mompha (Mompha) ochraceella (Curtis, 1839) - Tinea conturbatella Hübner, 1819 - LAVERNA ochraceella (Curtis, 1839) - Curtis, John, 1791-1862 - British entomology : being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. : Title Page : vol.6 (1823 - 1840) : p.735 - 2 pages - Laverna ochraceella : Illustration p.735 - Not Specified |