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Species Mompha achlyognoma - Hodges#1423.1

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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 achlyognoma (Mompha achlyognoma - Hodges#1423.1)
Hodges Number
1423.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mompha achlyognoma Koster & Harrison, 1997
Food
Leaf miner of autumn willowherb (Epilobium brachycarpum [Onagraceae]).
Print References
Koster, J.C. & T. Harrison, 1997. Identity of Mompha sexstrigella (Braun), with two new Nearctic species (Lepidoptera: Momphidae). Holarctic Lepidoptera 4: 21. PDF