Mompha

Mompha is a genus of moths in the family Momphidae that was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1819. It has four subgenera.

Mompha
Mompha idaei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Lauerna Curtis, 1839
  • Wilsonia Clemens, 1864
  • Leucophryne Chambers, 1875

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 [Denis & 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[1]
  • 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

  1. 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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