Mompha bradleyi Riedl, 1965

new neat mompha

on Epilobium

Hoofddorp, 17.ix.2020 © Laurens van der Linde; cf!

gall

5-7 mm long fusiform swelling of a side branch, containing a single caterpillar with a whitish body.

host plants

Onagraceae,monophagous

Epilobium hirsutum.

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

references

Emmet & Langmaid (2002b), Koster (2002b), Koster & Sinev (1996a, 2003a), Lepiforum (2023), Pastorális, Elsner, Kopeček ao (2013a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Wullaert (2015a).