Momphidae

Momphidae
Mompha idaei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Suborder:	Glossata
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
(unranked):	Ditrysia
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Momphidae Herrich Schaffer, 1857
Genera
See text
Synonyms
Momphina Herrich-Schäffer, 1857 Momphinae Lavernidae Wocke, 1871 Psacaphorinae Spuler, 1898

Momphidae (mompha moths) is a family of moths with some 115 described species. These tend to be rather small moths with a wingspan of up to 21 mm. The wings are held folded over the body at rest. The larvae are concealed feeders, either as leaf miners or within seeds or stems.

Genera

• Anchimompha Clarke, 1965
• Batrachedrodes Zimmerman, 1978
• Desertidacna Sinev, 1988
• Gracilosia Sinev, 1989
• Inflataria Sinev, 1989
• Licmocera Walsingham, 1891
• Mompha Hübner, [1825]
  • subgenus Anybia
  • subgenus Cyphophora
  • subgenus Lophoptilus
  • subgenus Psacaphora

• Moriloma Busck, 1912
• Palaeomystella Fletcher, 1940
• Patanotis Meyrick, 1913
• Phalaritica Meyrick, 1913
• Semeteria Sinev, 1989
• Synallagma Engel, 1907
• Zapyrastra Meyrick, 1889

Former Genera

• Batrachedropsis (synonym of Coccidiphila in Cosmopterigidae)
• Bifascia (now in Cosmopterigidae)
• Coccidiphila (now in Cosmopterigidae)
• Isorrhoa (now in Cosmopterigidae)
• Lacciferophaga
• Laverna
• Lienigia
• Tenuipenna (synonym of Pyroderces in Cosmopterigidae)
• Urodeta (now in Elachistidae)

References

• Natural History museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Family description