The Momphidae, or mompha moths, is a family of moths with some 115 described species. 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, 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)
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