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Species Mompha solomoni - Hodges#1454.2

Mompha solomoni? - Mompha solomoni Mompha from stem of Cephalanthus occidentalis - Mompha solomoni Mompha solomoni Pond Drive leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis D2706 2020 3.1 - Mompha solomoni Pond Drive leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis D2706 2020 6 - Mompha solomoni Pond Drive leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis D2706 adult 2020 4 - Mompha solomoni Mompha perhaps solomoni, leaf mine on Buttonbush - Mompha solomoni New Hope Bottomlands leaf miner Mompha on Cephalanthus occidentalis D4835 adult 2023 1 - 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
Genitalia:
Food
The larva is a shoot borer and leaf miner on common buttonbush, Cephalanthus occidentalis (Rubiaceae).
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