Momphidae
| Momphidae | |
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| Mompha idaei | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| 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.[1] 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
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Former genera
- 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
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Momphidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
- ↑ 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.
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