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 21mm. 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, [1825]

• 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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