Mompha conturbatella
Wingspan 17 mm. The adult is marked with bluish, russet and white, and has several raised tufts of scales on the dorsum.
Occurring in woodland and marshy areas where the larval foodplant Rosebay Willowherb is present.
The adult flight time is June and July, and the species is attracted to light.
The larval foodplant is Rosebay Willowherb. The larval feeding can often be quite noticeable, as the larva spins together terminal leaves of the foodplant, forming an untidy spinning. It feeds within, eating down into the stem.
Widespread but rather local in Britain. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as local.
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
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Species profile
- Common names
- Large Dark Cosmet
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Momphidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 05/07/2003 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 09/07/2021 (Leonard, Pete)
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