Mompha miscella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
brown mompha
Helianthemum apenninum, België, prov. Namen, Yvoir © Jean-Yves Baugnée
detail
Helianthemum nummularium, Pietersberg; herbarium material
Helianthemum nummularium, Belgium, prov. Namur, Dinant, Anseremme © Jean-Yves Baugnée
larvae, at the point of leaving its mine …..
…. and penetrating a new leaf
Helianthemum nummularium, Belgium, prov. West-Flanders, Adinkerke, Westhoek reserve: vacated mine, lighted from behind © Steve Wullaert
Helianthemum nummularium, Belgium, Viroinval, Dourbes, RN Montagne-aux-Buis © Stéphane Clarebout: initial gallery
with larva
mine
Corridor, densely packed with frass, suddenly widening into a blotch that often occupies the entire width of the leaf, then overrunning the initial corridor. Frass in the blotch dispersed or clumped. The larvae can leave its mine and restart elsewhere. Pupation external.
host plants
Cistaceae, oligophagous
Cistus; Helianthemum apenninum, canum, nummularium & subsp. obscurum.
phenology
Larvae in October-April and June-July (Koster, 2002b).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Kuchlein, Bot & Schreurs, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe, Ireland excepted (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
synonyms
Tebenna miscella.
parasitoids, predators
Hemiptarsenus waterhousii; Necremnus metalarus.
notes
According to Lhomme, cited by Koster, the larvae of the second generation don’t mine but live of the flowers and seeds.
references
Askew (1968a), Baldizzone (2004a, 2008a), Biesenbaum (1995b), Emmet & Langmaid (2002b), Gebiola, Bernardo, Ribes & Gibson (2015a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Klimesch (1950c, 1956c, 1960a), Koster (2002b), Koster & Sinev (2003a), Kuchlein, Bot & Schreurs (1999a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Pinzari, Pinzari & Zilli (2013a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1949a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Vávra (2016a).