Mompha locupletella

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Mompha locupletella
Mompha locupletella, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2011 (19923586200) .jpg

Mompha locupletella

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Superfamily : Gelechioidea
Family : Fringed moths (Momphidae)
Genre : Mompha
Type : Mompha locupletella
Scientific name
Mompha locupletella
( Denis & Schiffermüller , 1775)

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

features

The moths have a wingspan of 9 to 12 millimeters. The head and forehead ( frons ) are silver-gray, the crown and the neck tuft are black-brown and have a lead-gray sheen. The antennae are completely dark brown in the males and white in the last quarter of the females. The thorax is black-brown and shimmers lead-gray. The forewings are bright orange. There is a lead-gray stain on the base of the wing, it extends from the inner edge to almost the Costa loader . It is surrounded by a large blackish spot. The Costa loader is provided with a dark brown line, at 3/4 of the forewing length there is a white spot. Two lead-gray subcostal spots are 1/4 and 1/2 of the forewing length, below the outer spot is a small white spot. Two similar gray spots are on the inner edge of the wing, the first is in front of the wing center and is often fused with the first spot on the Costa Vader. Distally it is surrounded by a clump of protruding blackish scales . The second spot is on the inner corner and points to the Costa loader; there is a small white spot at its tip. The apex is black-brown outside the white spot. The hind wings are gray-brown.

In males, the cucullus is parallel- walled and has a rounded apex. The saccule tapers abruptly to a curved tip and the ventral edge has a triangular bulge at one third of the saccule length. The uncus is slim and tapered to a point. The anellus lobes are long, tapered and curved outward. The aedeagus is strong and has a large, rod-shaped, needled cornutus .

In the females the 7th sternite is only slightly sclerotized and has a V-shaped bulge. The 8th sternite has sclerotized and hairy lobes. It is wedge-shaped in front and postero-lateral with two pointed projections. The sterigma is large and bulbous. The ostium is wide and has pin-like lateral appendages. The ductus bursae is curved to the corpus bursae and has some folds in the anterior part. The corpus bursae is egg-shaped and has two sickle-shaped signs .

Similar species

Mompha locupletella differs from the similar species Mompha terminella by the larger wingspan and the gray color of the second subcostal spot as well as by the two spots on the wing inner edge of the forewings.

distribution

Mompha locupletella is native to Northern Europe and the mountainous regions of Central and Southern Europe as far as northwestern Spain . In the east, the species is known from the Transbaikalia region and the Kuril Islands .

The species prefers locations where the host plants thrive in the shade, such as in forests or on embankments.

Systematics

The following synonyms are known from the literature:

  • Tinea locupletella [ Denis & Schiffermüller ], 1775
  • Tinea schrankella Huebner , [1805].
  • Adela pilipennella Zetterstedt , 1840
  • Psacaphora quadrilobella Herrich-Schäffer , [1854]

biology

The caterpillars develop on chickweed willowherb ( Epilobium alsinifolium ), marsh willowherb ( Epilobium palustre ), mountain willowherb ( Epilobium montanum ) and lancet willowherb ( Epilobium lanceolatum ). The species forms two generations a year, but only one in the north. The caterpillars live as miners in the leaves from April to May and from July to early August . In spring they feed in the leaf rosette. The caterpillars pupate in a whitish cocoon either in the vegetation or in the litter layer on the ground. The moths of the first generation fly from the second half of May to early July, the second generation from August to early September.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 45 (English).
  2. ^ Mompha locupletella at Fauna Europaea. Retrieved November 24, 2011
  3. ↑ 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

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