''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
The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species. 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 he ...
that was
first described by
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Scientific career
Hübner was the author of '' ...
in 1819. It has four
subgenera
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
.
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
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Mompha achlyognoma''
Koster & Harrison, 1997
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Mompha albapalpella''
(Chambers, 1875)
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Mompha albella''
(Chambers, 1875)
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Mompha annulata''
(Braun, 1923)
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Mompha argentimaculella''
(Murtfeldt, 1900)
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Mompha bicristatella''
(Chambers, 1879)
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Mompha bifasciella''
(Chambers, 1876)
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Mompha bottimeri''
Busck, 1940 - Bottimer's mompha moth
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Mompha bradleyi''
Riedl, 1965
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Mompha brevivittella''
(Clemens, 1864)
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Mompha canicinctella''
(Clemens, 1863)
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Mompha capella''
Busck, 1940
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Mompha cephalonthiella''
(Chambers, 1871) - buttonbush leafminer moth
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Mompha circumscriptella''
(Zeller, 1873) - circumscript mompha moth
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Mompha claudiella''
Kearfott, 1907
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Mompha cleidarotrypa''
Koster & Harrison, 1997
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Mompha coloradella''
(Chambers, 1877)
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Mompha communis''
(Braun, 1925)
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Mompha confusella''
Koster & Sinev, 1996
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Mompha conturbatella''
(Hübner, 1819) - fireweed mompha moth
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Mompha deceptella''
(Braun, 1921)
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Mompha definitella''
(Zeller, 1873)
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Mompha difficilis
''Mompha'' is a genus of moths in the family Momphidae that was Species description, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It has four subgenus, subgenera.
Subgenus ''Anybia''
The genus ''Anybia'' was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1 ...
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(Braun, 1923)
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Mompha divisella''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
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Mompha edithella''
(Barnes & Busck, 1920)
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Mompha eloisella''
(Clemens, 1860) - red-streaked mompha moth
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Mompha epilobiella''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Mompha falclandica''
Wakeham-Dawson & Koster, 2013
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Mompha franclemonti''
Hodges, 1992
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Mompha glaucella''
Sinev, 1986
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Mompha idaei
''Mompha idaei'' is a moth in the family Momphidae first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839. It has a Holarctic distribution; in North America it is found from coast to coast in the boreal forest south to Colorado and Washington.
The ...
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(Zeller, 1839)
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Mompha ignotilisella''
(Chambers, 1875)
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Mompha jurassicella''
(Frey, 1881)
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Mompha lacteella''
(Stephens, 1834)
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Mompha langiella''
(Hübner, 1796)
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Mompha locupletella''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Mompha luciferella''
(Clemens, 1860)
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Mompha meridionella''
Koster & Sinev, 2003
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Mompha metallifera''
(Walsingham, 1882)
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Mompha millotella''
Viette, 1955
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Mompha minimella''
(Chambers, 1880)
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Mompha miscella''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Mompha murtfeldtella''
(Chambers, 1875)
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Mompha nancyae''
Clarke, 1990
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Mompha nuptialis''
Meyrick, 1922
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Mompha ochraceella''
(Curtis, 1839)
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Mompha passerella''
(Busck, 1909)
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Mompha pecosella''
Busck, 1907
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Mompha powelli''
(Busck, 1909)
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Mompha propinquella''
(Stainton, 1851)
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Mompha purpuriella''
(Busck, 1909)
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Mompha raschkiella''
(Zeller, 1839)
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Mompha rufocristatella''
(Chambers, 1875)
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Mompha sexstrigella''
(Braun, 1921)
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Mompha solomoni''
D.L. Wagner, Adamski & R.L. Brown, 2004
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Mompha stellella''
Busck, 1906
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Mompha sturnipennella''
(Treitschke, 1833)
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Mompha subbistrigella''
(Haworth, 1828)
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Mompha terminella''
(Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
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Mompha trithalama''
Meyrick, 1927
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Mompha unifasciella''
(Chambers, 1876)
References
External links
''Lepiforum e.V.''
Momphidae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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