Mompha sturnipennella

Mompha sturnipennella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Momphidae
Genus:	Mompha
Species:	M. sturnipennella
Binomial name
	Mompha sturnipennella; (Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
	List Ornix sturnipennella Treitschke, 1833; Oecophora modestella Eversmann, 1844; [Mompha] permutatella Herrich-Schäffer, [1854] ; Mompha (Lauerna) nodicolella Fuchs, 1902; ;

Mompha sturnipennella is a moth in the family Momphidae. It is found in the Holarctic ecozone and is found in most of Europe (except the south), Siberia, the Russian Far East and Canada.

Description[]

The wingspan is 13–18 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August and again from September to May of the following year after hibernation.^[2]

The larvae feed on rosebay willowherb (Chamaenerion angustifolium). The larvae feed inside the stem of their host plant, usually in the flowering part. Feeding causes a gall to be formed. Larvae of the second generation usually live in a seedpod. Larvae of the first generation are found from May to June and larvae of the second generation are found from July to August.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ "Mompha (Mompha) sturnipennella (Treitschke, 1833)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Kimber, Ian. "40.009 BF891 Mompha sturnipennella (Treitschke, 1833)". UKmoths. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
^ Ellis, W N. "Mompha sturnipennella (Treitschke, 1833) Kentish mompha". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

External links[]

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[1] "Mompha (Mompha) sturnipennella (Treitschke, 1833)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[ukmoths-2] Kimber, Ian. "40.009 BF891 Mompha sturnipennella (Treitschke, 1833)". UKmoths. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

[3] Ellis, W N. "Mompha sturnipennella (Treitschke, 1833) Kentish mompha". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 2 May 2020.

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