Momphidae

Momphidae
	Mompha idaei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Infraorder:	Heteroneura
Clade:	Eulepidoptera
Clade:	Ditrysia
Clade:	Apoditrysia
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Momphidae; Herrich-Schäffer, 1857
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	Momphina Herrich-Schäffer, 1857; Momphinae Zimmerman, 1978[1]; Lavernidae Wocke, 1871; Psacaphorinae Spuler, 1898;

The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species.[2] It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1857. These moths tend to be rather small 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 T. B. 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

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Momphidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii (PDF). 9 Microlepidoptera. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 1003–1028.
van Nieukerken; et al. (2011). "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 212–221.

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[Zimmerman1978-1] Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii (PDF). 9 Microlepidoptera. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii. pp. 1003–1028.

[2] van Nieukerken; et al. (2011). "Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3148: 212–221.