Mompha propinquella
Mompha propinquella is a moth in the family Momphidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The head and thorax are ochreous-white. The forewings are dark leaden fuscous, with several small scattered orange ferruginous spots on the dorsal half; an ochreous-white triangular blotch on base of dorsum, almost touching costa at base; one or two white dots beyond this; three black scale-tufts towards dorsum, and three others above them; a white and ferruginous line from costa before middle running round central tuft; a small white tornal spot and larger costal spot beyond it, disc near them suffused with ferruginous. The hindwings are dark fuscous.The larva is brown, marbled with pale; head and plate of 2 black: in blotches in leaves of Epilobium hirsutum.
Cocoon within the mine. It closely resembles Mompha lacteella and Mompha ochraceella
Adults are on wing from the end of June to mid-September in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on great willowherb and broad-leaved willowherb, mining the leaves of their host plant. The species overwinters in the larval stage.