Monopis

Monopis
	Adult specimen of Monopis obviella; Note translucent spot in forewing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Subfamily:	Tineinae
Genus:	Monopis; Hübner, 1825
Type species
	Tinea rusticella; Hübner, 1796
Species
	Numerous, see text
Synonyms
	Numerous, see text

Monopis is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.^[1]

A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrasting white markings adjacent to it. Otherwise, the forewings are generally unpatterned and brown to blackish-grey in color.

Hyalospila is a synonym. The snout moth genus was invalidly described by Ragonot in 1888; the geometer moth genus Locha was invalidly described by Warren in 1894.^{[citation needed]}

Selected species[]

Species currently placed in Monopis include:^[2]

(Meyrick, 1893)
Monopis burmanni Petersen, 1979
(Lower, 1899)
Turner, 1923
(Walker, 1864)
Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859) (= M. heringi, M. hyalinella, M. lombardica)
Monopis dorsistrigella (Clemens, 1859) (= M. subjunctella)
(Newman, 1856)
Monopis fenestratella (Heyden, 1863)
Gaedike & Karsholt 2001
Monopis icterogastra – wool moth
Monopis imella
Monopis jacobsi Gozmány, 1967
Monopis laevigella – skin moth
Monopis longella
(Chambers, 1873) (= M. irrorella)
Meyrick, 1908
Monopis meliorella (Walker, 1863)

Zagulajev, 1972
Monopis monachella
Powell, 1967
(Millière, 1872)
Monopis obviella
Turner, 1923
Zagulajev, 1955
Monopis pavlovskii Zagulajev, 1955
Meyrick, 1924
Monopis spilotella (Tengström, 1848) (= M. biflavimaculella, M. halospila, M. insignisella)
(Lower, 1900)
Zagulajev, 1958
Turner, 1917
Monopis weaverella (Scott, 1858)

M. christophi is either a junior synonym of M. pallidella or the senior synonym of M. straminella. Also placed here by some authors is .^[3]

Synonyms[]

Junior synonyms of Monopis are:^[4]

Blabophanes Zeller, 1852
Eusynopa Lower, 1903
Hyalospila Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
Rhitia Walker, 1864

Footnotes[]

^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)
^ ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2003)
^ FE (2009), Robinson [2010]
^ ABRS (2008), Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)

References[]

Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2008): Australian Faunal Directory – Monopis. Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Monopis. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Monopis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Monopis. Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.

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[1] Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)

[2] ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2003)

[3] FE (2009), Robinson [2010]

[4] ABRS (2008), Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)

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Monopis

Adult specimen of Monopis obviella Note translucent spot in forewing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Subfamily:	Tineinae
Genus:	Monopis Hübner, 1825
Type species
Tinea rusticella Hübner, 1796
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Numerous, see text