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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

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1433 - Mompha solomoni moth - Mompha solomoni Mompha solomoni St. Andrews leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis SA59 2015 4 - Mompha solomoni St. Andrews leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis SA70 2015 1 - Mompha solomoni St. Andrews leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis Mompha maybe SA62 2015 2 - Mompha solomoni Mompha solomoni - Mompha solomoni Mompha - Mompha solomoni - female
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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).
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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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