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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 albocapitella - Hodges#1448 (Mompha albocapitella)

Species Mompha albocapitella - Hodges#1448

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Mompha murtfeldtella, #1448 - Mompha albocapitella

Mompha murtfeldtella - Hodges#1448 for May - Mompha albocapitella

Mompha larva, dorsal, on Evening Primrose - Mompha albocapitella

Mompha larva, lateral, on Evening Primrose - Mompha albocapitella

Mompha murtfeldtella - Mompha albocapitella

Momphidae on Evening Primrose, herbivory and frass - Mompha albocapitella

Momphidae, pre-pupa larva - Mompha albocapitella

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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 albocapitella (Mompha albocapitella - Hodges#1448)

Hodges Number

1448

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mompha albocapitella (Chambers, 1875)

Laverna albocapitella Chambers, 1875

Laverna murtfeldtella Chambers, 1875

Laverna albocapitella Chambers, 1875

Laverna grissella Chambers, 1875

Laverna obscurusella Chambers, 1875

Laverna parvicristatella Chambers, 1875

Explanation of Names

Mompha albocapitella (Chambers, 1875), rev. stat., formally a synonym of murtfeldtella Chambers, 1875, was determined to have priority by Koster & Landry in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023) (1).

Identification

Genitalia:

Remarks

BOLD:AAY6980

BOLD:AAF3087

Print References

Chambers, V.T., 1875. Teneina of the United States. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science, 2(3): 237 (murtfeldtella).

Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina from Texas. The Canadian Entomologist, 7: 33 (albocapitella), 34 (parvicristatella), 53 (obscurusella).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens

Illustrated Guide to Microlepidoptera

Works Cited

1.	Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 June, 2009 - 7:58pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Robert Lord Zimlich, Blocky, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 20 June, 2024 - 8:43am

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