Momphidae
Mompha (Anybia) langiella
MOMPHA (Anybia) langiella (Hübner, 1796)
Mompha (Anybia) langiella
MOMPHA (Anybia) langiella (Hübner, 1796)
Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Clouded Cosmet
Wingspan: 9-10.5mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia) : Caucasus
UK Distribution: Local in parts of England and Wales,more frequent in west
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Woodland : Shaded Woodland Rides
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: The forewing is dark brown with an irregular shaped white spot just beyond half way along forewing with dark,almost black patches either side of this white patch. A small thin white streak centrally position at one third is prominent.There is a scattering of white scales in the apical half along the costa as well as white marking around the head.
Moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 9-10.5mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - (excluding - Azores,Balearic Is.,Canary Is.,Channel Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Greece,Luxembourg,Madeira,
Malta,Portugal,Sardinia,Sicily & Slovenia) : Caucasus
UK Distribution: Local in parts of England and Wales,more frequent in west
UK Conservation Status -
- Local = 101 - 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea langiella (Hübner, 1796)
- Tinea conturbatella Hübner, 1819
- Not specified
Habitat: Woodland : Shaded Woodland Rides
Similar Species -
- None
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: The forewing is dark brown with an irregular shaped white spot just beyond half way along forewing with dark,almost black patches either side of this white patch. A small thin white streak centrally position at one third is prominent.There is a scattering of white scales in the apical half along the costa as well as white marking around the head.
Moth is attracted to 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
- Circaea alpina - Small Enchanters Nightshade
- Circaea lutetiana - Enchanter's Nightshade (Mines leaves)
- Epilobium angustifolium - Rosebay Willow-herb (Mines leaves)
- Epilobium hirsutum - Great Willowherb (Mines Leaves)
- Epilobium montanum - Broad-leaved Willowherb (Mines Leaves)
- Epilobium parviflorum - Codlins And Cream, Smallflower hairy willowherb (Mines Leaves)
- Oenothera biennis - Evening Primrose (Mines Leaves)
- Circaea alpina - Small Enchanters Nightshade
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Momphidae MOMPHA Hübner 1825 Anybia Stainton 1854 Mompha (Anybia) langiella (Hübner, 1796) - Tinea conturbatella Hübner, 1819 - TINEA langiella (Hübner, 1796) = Anybia langiella (Hubner, 1796) = Mompha fulicella Herrich-Schäffer 1854 = Adela unipunctella Duponchel, in Godart 1839 = Alucita epilobiella (Römer, 1794) = Elachista niveipunctella Stainton 1849 - MOMPHA Hübner 1825 (Genus) Anybia Stainton 1854 (Subgenus) = Cyphophora Herrich-Schäffer 1853 = Laverna Curtis 1839 = Psacaphora Herrich-Schäffer 1853 = Anybia Stainton 1859 = Lophoptilus Sircom 1848 - Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge / errichtet von Jacob Hübner in Augsburg. By Hübner, Jacob, 1761-1826 Lepidoptera V111 : Tinea V : plate 27 - f.187 - No Specified |