Monodonta (moth)

Monodonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Monodonta; Kenrick, 1907
Species:	M. passalis
Binomial name
	Monodonta passalis; Kenrick, 1907

Monodonta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Monodonta passalis, which is described from in New Guinea.^[2] The genus name is a junior homonym of Monodonta Lamarck, 1799 but no replacement name is currently available.^[3]

References[]

^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Monodonta passalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
^ D.S. Fletcher and I.W.B. Nye (1984). The Generic names of moths of the world. Volume 5: Pyraloidea. p. 96.

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[1] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Monodonta passalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

[3] D.S. Fletcher and I.W.B. Nye (1984). The Generic names of moths of the world. Volume 5: Pyraloidea. p. 96.

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