Mompha jurassicella
Scarce Cosmet
Scarce Mompha
Wingspan about 12mm. Superficially a rather dull looking species, but it is often is flecked with subtle shades.
Around areas where Great Willowherb is plentiful.
There is a single generation, the adult moths on the wing from September, hibernating over winter and appearing again up to April.
The larval foodplant is Great Willowherb, the larvae feeding internally in galleries in the stems during July and August.
This scarce and rather local species occurs mainly in the south eastern region of England, with a few records from surrounding counties. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as Nationally Scarce A.
Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland, the Sapcote record of 6th April 2011 is the first VC55 record for this species. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
Kate Nightingale
Cropston house
03 January 2018
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
06 April 2011
First for VC55 - confirmed by gen det
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
06 April 2011
First for VC55 - confirmed by gen det
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Species profile
- Common names
- Scarce Cosmet
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Momphidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 06/04/2011 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 22/02/2022 (Cooper, Barbara)
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