| Momphidae | |
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| Mompha idaei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| Clade: | Eulepidoptera |
| Clade: | Ditrysia |
| Clade: | Apoditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Momphidae Herrich-Schäffer, 1857 |
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The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species.[2] It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are held folded over the body at rest. The larvae are concealed feeders, either as leaf miners or within seeds or stems.
Genera
[edit]- Anchimompha Clarke, 1965
- Batrachedrodes Zimmerman, 1978
- Desertidacna Sinev, 1988
- Gracilosia Sinev, 1989
- Inflataria Sinev, 1989
- Licmocera Walsingham, 1891
- Mompha Hübner, [1825]
- subgenus Anybia
- subgenus Cyphophora
- subgenus Lophoptilus
- subgenus Psacaphora
- Moriloma Busck, 1912
- Palaeomystella T. B. Fletcher, 1940
- Patanotis Meyrick, 1913
- Phalaritica Meyrick, 1913
- Semeteria Sinev, 1989
- Synallagma Engel, 1907
- Zapyrastra Meyrick, 1889
Former genera
[edit]- Batrachedropsis (synonym of Coccidiphila in Cosmopterigidae)
- Bifascia (now in Cosmopterigidae)
- Coccidiphila (now in Cosmopterigidae)
- Isorrhoa (now in Cosmopterigidae)
- Lacciferophaga
- Laverna
- Lienigia
- Tenuipenna (synonym of Pyroderces in Cosmopterigidae)
- Urodeta (now in Elachistidae)
References
[edit]- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Momphidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii (PDF). Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 1003–1028. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-03. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ van Nieukerken; et al. (2011). "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 212–221. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-10-13. Retrieved 2012-01-15.
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