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Moma (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Dyopsinae

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Similar
  
Moma alpium, Herminia grisealis, Zanclognatha tarsipennalis, Deltote bankiana, Protodeltote pygarga

Moma is a genus of owlet moth in the Dyopsinae subfamily.

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Description

Eyes hairy. Proboscis well developed. Palpi obliquely upturned and clothed with long hair below, and short third joint. Thorax and abdomen tuftless, where abdomen clothed with long hair at sides. Larva forms a cocoon in a rolled up leaf.

Species

  • Moma abbreviata (Sugi, 1968)
  • Moma alpium (Osbeck, 1778)
  • Moma fulvicollis (de Lattin, 1949)
  • Moma glauca Turati, 1911
  • Moma tsushimana Sugi, 1982

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