Monodonta (moth)

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Monodonta
005-Monodonta passalis Kenrick, 1907.JPG
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Monodonta
Kenrick, 1907 [1]
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 Mount Kebea in New Guinea. [2] The genus name is a junior homonym of Monodonta Lamarck, 1799 but no replacement name is currently available. [3]

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References

  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.