Mompha

Mompha
Mompha idaei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Momphidae
Genus:	Mompha Hübner, 1825
Type species
Tinea conturbatella Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
Lauerna Curtis, 1839 Wilsonia Clemens, 1864 Leucophryne Chambers, 1875

Mompha is a genus of moth in the Momphidae family. It has four subgenera.

Subgenus Anybia

The genus Anybia was described by 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 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 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
• 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 and 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)

External links

• Lepiforum e. V.