| Urodeta tantilla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Urodeta |
| Species: | U. tantilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Urodeta tantilla (Sruoga & De Prins, 2009) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Urodeta tantilla is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya. [2]
The species name refers to the very small size of the species and is derived from Latin tantillus (meaning so small). [3]
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 is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae. The genus was originally assigned to the family Momphidae.
Perittia is a genus of moths of the family Elachistidae.
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 faro is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta talea is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Urodeta tortuosa is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Cameroon.
Urodeta falciferella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Kenya.
Urodeta gnoma 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 maculata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Namibia.
Urodeta taeniata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Namibia.
Elachista brevis is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Kenya.
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 quadrifida is a moth of the family Elachistidae. 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.