Momphidae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Momphidae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Momphidae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Momphidae
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.
...Momphidae in languages:
- Czech
- vrbkovníčkovití
- Danish
- Dueurtmøl
- Finnish
- tupsukoit
- German
- Fransenmotten
- Japanese
- アカバナキバガ科
- Russian
- Узкокрылые моли
- Russian
- Момфиды
- Swedish
- brokmalar
- Ukrainian
- Молі вузькокрилі
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