Mompha sexstrigella is a moth in the family Momphidae. It has a Holarctic distribution. In Europe it is found in northern Fennoscandia and Estonia. It is also found in the Asian part of Russia, where it is known from the Altai mountains, southern Siberia and Sakhalin. In North America, it is found in Canada and the western United States.

Mompha sexstrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Momphidae
Genus:	Mompha
Species:	M. sexstrigella
Binomial name
Mompha sexstrigella (Braun, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
Psacaphora sexstrigella Braun, 1921 Mompha complexa Svensson, 1982

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from the second half of June to the middle of August.

The larvae feed on Chamaenerion angustifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a gallery, widening into a blotch. Pupation takes place within the mine.[2] Larvae can be found from July to August.

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