Mompha bradleyi

Mompha bradleyi
Mompha bradleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Momphidae
Genus: Mompha
Species: M. bradleyi
Binomial name
Mompha bradleyi
Riedl, 1965[1]

Mompha bradleyi is a moth in the Momphidae family. It found in western and central Europe and has been recorded from Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Romania and Belarus.

The wingspan is 9-11 mm. Adults are on wing from mid July to the end of May of the following year after overwintering. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Epilobium hirsutum. The larvae feed inside the stem of their host plant. Feeding causes a conspicuous red gall to be formed.

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