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Momphidae 59a1822 – 1433   Mompha cephalanthiella (Chambers, 1871)              Buttonbush Leafminer

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: cephalanthiella (Chambers, 1871) (Laverna) emend. - MONA 1983: [NEW]; TL: (no type). cephalonthiella; (Chambers, 1871) (Laverna) orig. missp. - MONA 1983: [1433]; TL: (no type). Taxonomic Notes: Mompha cephalanthiella (Chambers, 1871) is a justified emendation of Laverna cephalonthiella (Chambers, 1871), an original misspelling corrected by Chambers (1875). (Pohl & Nanz 2025)

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Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced. Chambers, V.T., 1871. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 3: 221. Chambers, V.T., 1875. Tineina from Texas. The Canadian Entomologist, 7: 53. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz, 2025. Corrections to the 2023 “Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico”. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 104-116. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 6.33m; p. 77. Book Review and ordering Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Microleps.org Species Page at iNaturalist U.S. National Entomological Collection (USNM) - Syntype

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