Mompha bradleyi
Mompha bradleyi is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of Frans moths ( Momphidae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan 9-11 mm. You are Mompha divis ella very similar and differ only by the slightly oily sheen of the front wings and the often quite indistinct drawing especially in the males.
In males at the base of the cucullus is twice as wide as at the distal end. The saccule tapers distally to a slightly curved sharp tip, which does not reach the top of the cucullus. The aedeagus is provided with three Cornuti different length. The left Cornutus is the shortest. He is hook-shaped and distally covered with tiny needles. The right Cornutus is the longest, he is slim and curved. The width of the base and the shape of the cucullus Cornuti are characteristic of the species.
In females, the eighth tergite has a convex posterior margin and an indistinct not sclerotized area. The sinus vaginalis is significantly narrower than the widest portion of the ductus bursae. The beginning of the ductus seminalis is large and elongated.
Dissemination
Mompha bradleyi is native to western and central Europe. After Fauna Europaea, the species occurs in Europe in the following States: England, France, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Belarus.
Biology
The caterpillars develop on shaggy fireweed (Epilobium hirsutum ). As a result of feeding activity formed in July at the plant tip, or more often on a flowering stalk page a conspicuous, sometimes red-colored plants bile. On the main stem is significantly inhibited, while the plants Galle runners has less of an influence through the formation of bile growth. It makes one generation per year, the butterflies fly in mid-July, the winter and can be watched again the following year from the end of May.