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Family Momphidae - Momphid Moths

Circumscript Mompha Moth - Mompha circumscriptella

Momphidae, lateral - Mompha murtfeldtella

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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)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly considered a subfamily of Coleophoridae; treated as a full family by Heikkilä et al. (2013)

Explanation of Names

Author: Herrich-Schäffer, 1857

Numbers

60 spp. worldwide (Heikkilä et al. 2013)

Print References

Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M. and Kaila, L. 2013. Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Cladistics 1-27. (abstract)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 26 March, 2014 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 16 March, 2016 - 3:39pm

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