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Species Mompha argentimaculella - Hodges#1426

Representative Images

Bluish bumpy moth - Mompha argentimaculella extremely tiny moth - Mompha argentimaculella Linear mines on Sundrops - Mompha argentimaculella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Oenothera fruticosa D412A 2017 6 - Mompha argentimaculella Mompha argentimaculella Mompha argentimaculella 1426 - Mompha argentimaculella Mompha argentimaculella? - Mompha argentimaculella Roan Island leaf miner on Oenothera riparia 4026 2022 1 - Mompha argentimaculella
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 argentimaculella (Mompha argentimaculella - Hodges#1426)

Hodges Number

1426

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

First described in 1900 by Mary Murtfeldt as Laverna argentimaculella
Mompha argentimaculella

Food

The larvae are leaf miners in plants of the Evening Primrose family, Onagraceae.

Print References

Murtfeldt, M., 1900. New Tineidae with life histories. The Canadian Entomologist, 32: 161.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
microleps.org Momphidae page    Has a paragraph on this species

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 6 May, 2011 - 12:07am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 5:16pm

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