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Mompha subbistrigella, the garden cosmet, is a moth of the Momphidae family found in most of Europe.

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Mompha subbistrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Momphidae
Genus:	Mompha
Species:	M. subbistrigella
Binomial name
Mompha subbistrigella (Haworth, 1828)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea subbistrigella Haworth, 1828

Description

The wingspan is 7–11.5 mm. Adults are on wing from late summer to late spring.[2]

The larvae feed within the seedpods of broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium montanum) and occasionally on other willowherb (Epilobium species).

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