| Mompha | |
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| Mompha idaei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Momphidae |
| Subfamily: | Momphinae |
| Genus: | Mompha Hübner, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Tinea conturbatella Hübner, 1819 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mompha is a genus of moths in the family Momphidae that was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It has four subgenera.
Subgenus Anybia
The genus Anybia was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854 and was later demoted to a subgenus. The type species is Tinea langiella Hübner, 1796 (= Alucita epilobiella Römer, 1794).
Subgenus Cyphophora
The biggest species of the genus are found in this subgenus. The genus Cyphophora was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853 and was later demoted to a subgenus. The type species is Elachista idaei Zeller, 1839.
Subgenus Lophoptilus
The genus Lophoptilus was described by John Sircom in 1848 and was later demoted to a subgenus. The type species is Lophoptilus staintoni Sircom, 1848 (= Tinea miscella , 1775).
Subgenus Psacaphora
The genus Psacaphora was described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1853 and was later demoted to a subgenus. The type species is Tinea schrankella Hübner, 1805 (= Tinea locupletella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775).
Species
- Mompha achlyognoma Koster & Harrison, 1997
- Mompha albapalpella (Chambers, 1875)
- Mompha albella (Chambers, 1875)
- Mompha annulata (Braun, 1923)
- Mompha argentimaculella (Murtfeldt, 1900)
- Mompha bicristatella (Chambers, 1879)
- Mompha bifasciella (Chambers, 1876)
- Mompha bottimeri Busck, 1940 - Bottimer's mompha moth
- Mompha bradleyi Riedl, 1965
- Mompha brevivittella (Clemens, 1864)
- Mompha canicinctella (Clemens, 1863)
- Mompha capella Busck, 1940
- Mompha cephalonthiella (Chambers, 1871) - buttonbush leafminer moth
- Mompha circumscriptella (Zeller, 1873) - circumscript mompha moth
- Mompha claudiella Kearfott, 1907
- Mompha cleidarotrypa Koster & Harrison, 1997
- Mompha coloradella (Chambers, 1877)
- Mompha communis (Braun, 1925)
- Mompha confusella Koster & Sinev, 1996
- Mompha conturbatella (Hübner, 1819) - fireweed mompha moth
- Mompha deceptella (Braun, 1921)
- Mompha definitella (Zeller, 1873)
- Mompha difficilis (Braun, 1923)
- Mompha divisella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
- Mompha edithella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
- Mompha eloisella (Clemens, 1860) - red-streaked mompha moth
- Mompha epilobiella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Mompha falclandica Wakeham-Dawson & Koster, 2013
- Mompha franclemonti Hodges, 1992
- Mompha glaucella Sinev, 1986
- Mompha idaei (Zeller, 1839)
- Mompha ignotilisella (Chambers, 1875)
- Mompha jurassicella (Frey, 1881)
- Mompha lacteella (Stephens, 1834)
- Mompha langiella (Hübner, 1796)
- Mompha locupletella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Mompha luciferella (Clemens, 1860)
- Mompha meridionella Koster & Sinev, 2003
- Mompha metallifera (Walsingham, 1882)
- Mompha millotella Viette, 1955
- Mompha minimella (Chambers, 1880)
- Mompha miscella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Mompha murtfeldtella (Chambers, 1875)
- Mompha nancyae Clarke, 1990
- Mompha nuptialis Meyrick, 1922
- Mompha ochraceella (Curtis, 1839)
- Mompha passerella (Busck, 1909)
- Mompha pecosella Busck, 1907
- Mompha powelli (Busck, 1909)
- Mompha propinquella (Stainton, 1851)
- Mompha purpuriella (Busck, 1909)
- Mompha raschkiella (Zeller, 1839)
- Mompha rufocristatella (Chambers, 1875)
- Mompha sexstrigella (Braun, 1921)
- Mompha solomoni D.L. Wagner, Adamski & R.L. Brown, 2004
- Mompha stellella Busck, 1906
- Mompha sturnipennella (Treitschke, 1833)
- Mompha subbistrigella (Haworth, 1828)
- Mompha terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
- Mompha trithalama Meyrick, 1927
- Mompha unifasciella (Chambers, 1876)
References
- White, Stephanie N.; Stewart, Donald T.; Hillier, N. Kirk; Evans, Rodger C. (2016). "Identification of Mompha capella Busck, a Microlepidopteran Predator of an Endangered Plant, Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britton, in Nova Scotia". Northeastern Naturalist. 23 (2): 211–218. ISSN 1092-6194. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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