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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Momphid Moths (Momphidae) » Momphinae » Mompha » Mompha achlyognoma - Hodges#1423.1 (Mompha achlyognoma)
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Mompha achlyognoma
Copyright © 2016 Jim Moore

Mompha achlyognoma
Chester, Plumas County, California, USA
June 2, 2011
Species ID for this specimen provided by BOLD Systems. DNA for this specimen was a 98.22% match with Mompha achlyognoma. the next nearest match was the very similar looking Mompha sexstrigella (1) at a 92.83% match.

These two species are examined in the PDF document "IDENTITY OF MOMPHA SEXSTRIGELLA (BRAUN), WITH TWO NEW NEARCTIC SPECIES" and provide images of the wings which show the difference between M. achlyognoma and M. sexstrigella.

See here for this specimen's DNA Record Page at BOLD Systems.

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 27 September, 2016 - 12:08am
Last updated 16 January, 2017 - 10:18pm

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