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Species Mompha passerella - Hodges#1450

Mompha passerella, 1450 - Mompha passerella

Mompha passerella or close for Alabama - Mompha passerella

Mompha reared from Lechea mucronata - Mompha passerella

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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 passerella (Mompha passerella - Hodges#1450)

Hodges Number

1450

Food

The larva is an internal feeder on Helianthemum (Cistaceae).

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Contributed by tom murray on 15 November, 2009 - 9:10pm

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