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

Mompha miscella: mine on Helianthemum nummularium

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).