![]() Lep:Momphidae
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40.012 Mompha
miscella ([Denis & Schiffermüller],1775)
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Food Plant: Helianthemum spp. (Rock-rose) - Common rock-rose (H.nummularium), hoary rock-rose (H.canum), white rock-rose (H.apenninum). Egg: on a leaf Mine: June-July; October-April Notes: The initial mine is a gallery, which then widens to a blotch, filling the leaf. Pupation is in a cocoon in the leaf litter. The larva has now eaten most of the tissues of the lower left leaf. Data: 12.vi.2005, Cleeve Hill, Glos.,VC33 Image:© Robert Homan |
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