Species Mompha terminella - Hodges#1456 (original) (raw)

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 terminella (Mompha terminella - Hodges#1456)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mompha terminella (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)

Mompha engelella Busck, 1906

Psacaphora chrysargyrella Herrich-Schaffer, 1854

Elachista patriciella Stainton, 1849

Psacaphora terminella

Glyphipteryx (Psacaphora) terminella Humphreys & Westwood, 1845

Phylogenetic Sequence # 421855

Range

Europe & eastern North America (2)(1)

Food

Larvae are leafminers of a few plants in the genus Circaea.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 February, 2011 - 10:49pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 September, 2023 - 9:42pm