Mompha lacteella (Stephens, 1834)

(Rust-blotch Cosmet)
40.0030 (B&F: 887)

»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gelechioidea
  »Family: Momphidae
   »Subfamily: Gelechiinae
    »Tribe: Hypercalliini

Status and ecology:

National Status: Nationally Scarce B

A resident species, rare and in recent times only found at Middleton-on-Sea. Single-brooded, flying mainly from May to July. Larvae feed on broad-leaved willowherb. (Pratt, 2011).

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Although recorded in Sussex, the database has not as yet, been updated to include these records.

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Mompha lacteella (Stephens, 1834)

(Rust-blotch Cosmet)40.0030 (B&F: 887)

(Rust-blotch Cosmet)
40.0030 (B&F: 887)