Biology:Mompha murtfeldtella

Short description: Species of moth

Mompha murtfeldtella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Momphidae
Genus:	Mompha
Species:	M. murtfeldtella
Binomial name
Mompha murtfeldtella (Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
Laverna obscurusella Laverna murtfeldtella Chambers, 1875 Chambers, 1875 Chambers, 1875 Laverna parvicristatella Laverna grissella Chambers, 1875 Laverna albocapitella Chambers, 1875

Mompha murtfeldtella is a moth in the family Momphidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, California , Florida, Illinois, Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee , Texas and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). Adults are similar to Mompha circumscriptella, but the white patch on the posterior margin of the basal half of the forewing is much less extensive and the forewing ground color is less uniform. It consists of mottled greyish brown, rust and white, with small dashes of black.

The larvae feed on the reproductive tissue of Oenothera species.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10331720 entry