Moth Photographers Group – Mompha eloisella

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Momphidae

59a1833 – 1443 Mompha eloisella (Clemens, 1860)

Red-streaked Mompha

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Similar Species:	Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy:	eloisella (Clemens, 1860) (Laverna) - MONA 1983: 1443 lyonetiella (Chambers, 1875) (Laverna) magnatella (Zeller, 1873) (Phyllocnistis) - MONA 1983: 850 oenotheraeella (Chambers, 1875) (Laverna)
Taxonomic Notes:	Mompha eloisella (Clemens, 1860) includes as a synonym magnatella (Zeller, 1873) in Walsingham (1882). Magnatella was included twice in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist) as both a full species and as a synonym of eloisella.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 6.29f; p. 77. Book Review and ordering
Species Page at Block Island Moths
Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Species Page at E. H. Strickland Museum
Species Page at Mass Moths
Species Page at Microleps.org
Species page at Moths of North Dakota.
Walsingham, L.T.d.G., 1882. Notes on Tineidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 10: 195.

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