''Mompha'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s 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 Henry Tibbats Stainton (13 August 1822 – 2 December 1892) was an English entomologist. He served as an editor for two popular entomology periodicals of his period, ''The Entomologist's Annual'' and ''The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer''. ...

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 Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer (17 December 1799 – 14 April 1874) was a German entomologist and physician. He was born, and died, in Regensburg. Herrich-Schäffer studied and collected particularly butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). ...

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'' enis & Schiffermüller 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

External links

''Lepiforum e.V.''
Momphidae Moth genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Momphidae-stub