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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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 September, 2014 - 8:55pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 19 May, 2019 - 7:20pm

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