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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 solomoni - Hodges#1454.2 (Mompha solomoni)

Species Mompha solomoni - Hodges#1454.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Food · Internet References
1433 - Mompha solomoni Unknown Micromoth - Mompha solomoni Unknown Micromoth - Mompha solomoni St. Andrews leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis SA59 2015 2 - Mompha solomoni Mompha solomoni Mompha solomoni Pond Drive leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis D2706 2020 2.1 - Mompha solomoni Mompha solomoni
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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 solomoni (Mompha solomoni - Hodges#1454.2)
Hodges Number
1454.2
Identification
Food
The larva is a shoot borer and leaf miner on common buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis (Rubiaceae).
Internet References
MPG
Contributed by tom murray on 15 November, 2009 - 9:23pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, ceiseman
Last updated 27 December, 2018 - 2:12pm

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