Family: Momphidae 881     *     Mompha terminella Leaf mine on Broad-leaved Willowherb, Epilobium montanum. Sept 2011. Confirmed by John Langmaid, first record of these mines on Epilobium. Wingspan: 8mm Flight time: July-August Food plant: Previously only recorded on Circaea lutetiana (Enchanter's Nightshade) Mine: August-September Egg on upper side. Initial corridor either in spirals or strongly looped. A second mine begins as a narrow corridor before widening into a large blotch with the frass in a broad band. Pupation is external.

Mompha terminella
Leaf mine on Broad-leaved Willowherb, Epilobium montanum. Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. September 2011