Status
Scarce.
Found in dry areas, waste ground and dry ditches.
One of three species, Mompha divisella, M. jurassicella, M. bradleyi that are superficially similar and require genitalia dissection.
Old records from Merton, Norfolk, where a series was taken in Sept. 1894. All the specimens were in the Walsingham Collection, where they were found by J. D. Bradley in 1951. (Ent. Rec. 1951; Ent. Gaz. 1951)
New VC27 record in 2012 when a specimen was found inside a wooden shed at How Hill NNR (P. Heath. 16/03/2012. det. J. Clifton)
First modern-day VC28 record at Dersingham in 2014 (R. Jones 30/03/14)
[MBGBI vol4.1 p249]  | Determination by Genitalia Examination Required | |
Recorded in 10 (14%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1894.
Last Recorded in 2024.
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