Mompha locupletella
Mompha locupletella is a butterfly (moth ) from the family of Frans moths ( Momphidae ).
- 5.1 Notes and references
Features
The moths have a wingspan of 9-12 millimeters. Head and forehead ( frons ) are silver-gray, the vertex and neck tufts are dark brown and have a lead- gray sheen. The sensors are completely dark brown in males and white in females in the last quarter. The thorax is black brown and shining leaden gray. The front wings are bright orange. A lead- gray spot is located at the wing base, it extends from the inner edge almost to Costa loader. He is surrounded by a large blackish spot. The Costa loader is equipped with a dark brown line, at 3/ 4 of the forewing length is a white spot. Two leaden subcostale spots are 1 /4 and 1/ 2 of the forewing length, below the outer spot is a small white spot. Two similar gray spots are on the wing inner edge, the first is located in front of the wing center and is often fused to the first spot on the Costa loader. Distal he is surrounded with a tuft projecting blackish scales. The second spot is located at the inner angle and shows the Costa loader; at its peak there is a small white spot. The apex is black brown outside the white spot. The hind wings are gray-brown.
In the males, the cucullus is parallel-walled and has a rounded apex. The saccule tapers abruptly to a curved tip and the ventral edge has a third of Sacculuslänge a triangular bulge. The uncus is slender and tapers to. The Anellus lobes are long, taper to a point and are bent outward. The aedeagus is strong and has a large, rod-shaped, provided with needles Cornutus.
In the females the 7th sternite is only weakly sclerotized and has a V-shaped bulge. The eighth sternite has sclerotized and hairy lobes. It is front opening wedge-shaped and postero -laterally with two pointed projections. The sterigma is large and bulbous. The ostium is wide and has pin-like lateral extensions. The ductus bursae is curved to the corpus bursae and has at the front of some wrinkles. The corpus bursae is provided with two egg-shaped and crescent-shaped signals.
Similar Species
Mompha locupletella differs from the similar nature Mompha schedule ella by the larger wingspan and the gray color of the second Subcostalflecks as well as by the two spots on the wing inner edge of the forewing.
Dissemination
Mompha locupletella is native to northern Europe and the mountainous regions of Central Europe and Southern Europe to north- west of Spain. In the east the species in the region is the Trans-Baikal and the Kuril known.
The species prefers locations where the host plants thrive in the shade, such as in forests or on slopes.
System
From the literature, the following synonyms are known:
- Tinea locupletella [ Denis & Schiffer Müller], 1775
- Tinea cabinet ella Hübner.
- Adela pilipennella Zetterstedt, 1840
- Psacaphora quadrilobella Herrich -Schäffer,
Biology
The caterpillars develop on Mierenblättrigem fireweed (Epilobium alsinifolium ), Marsh Willowherb (Epilobium palustre ), Mountain Willow herb (Epilobium montanum ) and Lancet fireweed (Epilobium lanceolatum ). It makes two generations per year, in the north, however, just one. The caterpillars live from April to May and from July to early August as leaf miners in the leaves. In the spring they eat the leaf rosette. The caterpillars pupate in a whitish cocoon either in vegetation or in the litter layer on the ground. The moths of the first generation fly from the second half of May to early July, the second generation flies from August to early September.