Mompha langiella

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Mompha langiella
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Mompha langiella

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Gelechioidea
Family : Fringed moths (Momphidae)
Genre : Mompha
Type : Mompha langiella
Scientific name
Mompha langiella
( Huebner , 1796)
Mompha langiella , male

Mompha langiella is a butterfly ( moth ) fromthe fringed moth family (Momphidae).

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 9 to 11 millimeters. The head is dark brown and has a slight purple sheen. The forehead ( frons ) is white. The antennae are ringed dark brown in the first third, gray and dark brown in the middle third and gray in the last third. The thorax and fore wings are brownish black with a purple sheen. An irregular white spot is outside the center of the wing, sometimes there are also some white scales at 1/3 the length of the forewing on the anal fold. The costalader is speckled with white scales in the outer half of the wing and at the apex . The hind wings are gray-brown. The abdomen is brownish black. The anal tuft is gray in the males and white in the females.

In the males, the uncus is slender and has a rounded tip. The cucullus is slender, broadest subapically, and has a blunt apex. The saccule is longer than the cucullus and tapers to a sharp, slightly curved tip. The Gnathos is broad and only slightly sclerotized . The anellus lobes are small and rounded. The aedeagus is slender and has a fairly large cornutus. This is broad at the base and slender and curved at the apex.

In females, the ostium is very broad and cup-shaped. The posterior third of the ductus bursae is broad, slightly sclerotized and provided with two short, heavily sclerotized edges. The front part tapers and is provided with large sclerites. The seminal duct begins at about 1/3 the length of the bursal duct. The corpus bursae is oval and tapers slightly towards the rear. It has two large crescent-shaped signs.

distribution

Mompha langiella is widespread in Europe with the exception of the Mediterranean area . The species is also found in the Caucasus .

biology

The caterpillars develop at Big John's Wort ( Circaea lutetiana ), Alpine enchanter's nightshade ( Circaea alpina ), shaggy fireweed ( Epilobium hirsutum ) and, occasionally, the mountain fireweed ( Epilobium montanum ), Kleinblütigem fireweed ( Epilobium parviflorum ) and Schmalblättrigem fireweed ( Chamaenerion angustifolium ). In June and July the caterpillars mine in the leaves, rarely also in the seed pods. The greenish white mine begins as a winding feeding tunnel with an irregular or interrupted black line of caterpillar droppings in the middle. Later the caterpillars create another mine nearby or on another leaf. The second mine very soon becomes a space mine or several interconnected space mines. The caterpillar droppings are initially in the form of a wide, irregular line, later the crumbs of the droppings can be seen distributed in the mine. The caterpillars are sometimes quite numerous on the plants, so that the leaves are often completely covered by mines. The caterpillars pupate in a whitish cocoon attached to a leaf or in the litter on the ground. One generation is formed each year. The moths fly from August, overwinter and can be observed until April the following year.

Systematics

The following synonyms are known from the literature:

  • Tinea langiella Huebner , 1796
  • Alucita epilobiella Romans , 1794
  • Adela unipunctella Duponchel , in Godart, [1839]
  • Elachista niveipunctella Stainton , 1849
  • Mompha fulicella Herrich-Schäffer , [1854]

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae . In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (eds.): Microlepidoptera of Europe . 1st edition. tape 5 . Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, ISBN 87-88757-66-8 , pp. 42 (English).
  2. ↑ Karl Traugott Schütze: The biology of the small butterflies with special consideration of their nutrient plants and times of appearance. Handbook of Microlepidoptera. Caterpillar calendar arranged according to the illustrated German Flora by H. Wagner. Frankfurt am Main, publishing house of the International Entomological Association e. V., 1931, p. 144
  3. ↑ mompha langiella at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 22, 2011

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