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Species Mompha edithella - Hodges#1442

Unknown Metallic Moth - Mompha edithella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Momphidae (Momphid Moths)
Subfamily Momphinae
Genus Mompha
Species edithella (Mompha edithella - Hodges#1442)
Hodges Number
1442
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mompha edithella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Psacaphora edithella Barnes & Busck, 1920
Range
TL: Chimney Gulch, Golden, CO.
Print References
Barnes & Busck, 1920: 4(3): 222, pl. 28, f. 11. (1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Notes and new species
Barnes W. & A. Busck, 1920. 1920. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(3): 211-278.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group