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.
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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 |
| Genera | |
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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.