Species Details

ABH: 40.011

BF: 880

Family: Momphidae

Taxon: Mompha langiella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: White-spot Mompha

Account: Local in woodland in parts of England and Wales, more numerous in the west, rare elsewhere. In the south of Hampshire the mines of this species are often locally abundant, but until a specimen was bred by Rob Edmunds in Fleet in 2003 it had not been recorded in vice-county 12, and on the Isle of Wight first recorded in 2009 at Combley Great Wood. The photo shows one bred in 2004, again by Rob. Wingspan 9-10.5 mm. Larva mines leaves of Enchanter's-nightshade and Great Willowherb.

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: 9 — 10.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Circaea lutetiana (Enchanter's-nightshade), Epilobium hirsutum (Great Willowherb), Epilobium montanum (Broad-leaved Willowherb).

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-langiella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 45

Individuals: 7

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2025

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