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A Mompha murtfeldtella in San Diego Co., California (6/1/2013).
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Mompha murtfeldtella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Momphidae |
Genus: | Mompha |
Species: | M. murtfeldtella
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Binomial name | |
Mompha murtfeldtella (Chambers, 1875)
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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.[1]
The wingspan is about 10 millimetres (0.39 in).
The larvae feed on the reproductive tissue of Oenothera species.[2]
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