The Elachistidae are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and completely unnatural assemblage, united merely by symplesiomorphies retained from the first gelechioid moths.
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.
Urodeta hibernella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is known from France, Corsica and the Iberian Peninsula.
Urodeta is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus was originally assigned to the family Momphidae.
Urodeta inusta is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in north-western Western Australia.
Urodeta absidata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta acerba is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Urodeta aculeata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta bucera is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Urodeta crenata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta cuspidis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta faro is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta tortuosa is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta gnoma is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta tantilla is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta spatulata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta noreikai is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Nepalese Himalayas.
Urodeta acinacella is a moth of the family Elachistidae first described by Jurate De Prins and Virginijus Sruoga in 2012. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Tswaing Crater Reserve in Gauteng.
Urodeta trilobata is a moth of the family Elachistidae first described by Jurate De Prins and Virginijus Sruoga in 2012. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Tswaing Crater Reserve in Gauteng.
