Mompha lacteella
Mompha lacteella, females
Mompha lacteella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of Frans moths ( Momphidae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 11-13 millimeters. The head is beige, the third segment of the labial palps has brown median and Subapikalringe. The thorax and tegulae are beige. The forewings are gray black and have some large, irregular, orange-brown strokes and some white spots. There is a large beige spot on the wing inner edge at the wing base. It has the same coloring as the thorax, surrounded by tufts projecting scales on the Costalfalte and near the wing inner edge. Large tufts protruding black scales are available in front of the middle and below the Costalfalte. A white Costalfleck located at 3 /4 of the forewing length. Compared to the wing inner edge there is a white spot, which is distally provided with protruding scales. The apical region is gray-black, some white lines rich in shed into the fringe. The hind wings shining dark gray.
In the males, the cucullus about five times as long as wide. The saccule is pretty slim and as long as the cucullus. It tapers slightly to a blunt apex. The Gnathos is weakly triangular. The Anellus - lobes are more dilated and lobed than half as long as the aedeagus and distal. The aedeagus is provided with two Cornuti; a long and very slender, the second is short and forked.
In females, the genital armature of Mompha ochraceella distinguished by the broad and almost square Lamella antevaginalis, the bursae inverted V- shaped lamella postvaginalis and the vast sclerotization in the front part of the ductus.
Similar Species
A similar type is Mompha propinquella, this differs from M. lacteella by the white head and white chest and through the white base on the front upper wing surface.
Dissemination
With the exception of the extreme south the kind in Europe, is widespread. In the east the area of distribution through Asia Minor, the Caucasus, the Eastern Transcaucasia and the southern Siberia east extends to the Russian Far.
Biology
The caterpillars develop on shaggy fireweed (Epilobium hirsutum ) and mountain willow herb (Epilobium montanum ). Between March and April the caterpillars finished in one of the lower leaves a large space mine, which comprises the largest part of the leaf. The caterpillars usually switch to a new mine. The Raupenkot has the form of relatively large black granules and is either distributed over the space mine or concentrated in its center. The moths fly from mid-June to late July, according to other sources of May to August. The moths come to light.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Anacampsis lacteella Stephens, 1834
- Elachista basipallidella Stainton, 1849
- Elachista gibbiferella Zeller, 1839
- Elchista propinquella Stainton, 1851
- Laverna paludicolella Doubleday 1859