Species Details

ABH: 40.001

BF: 885

Family: Momphidae

Taxon: Mompha conturbatella

Authority: (Hübner, [1819])

Vernacular: Great Mompha

Account: Local in waste ground, woodland clearings, heaths and roadside verges throughout much of Britain, but not in southern Wales Larva feeds on Rosebay Willowherb and Broad-leaved Willowherb, living between leaves spun together with silk.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 14 — 18 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Jul (2012) — 23 Jul (2012)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Epilobium angustifolium.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/mompha-conturbatella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2012

Latest Year: 2012

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