Monopis

Not to be confused with Monopsis.

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 [1]
BlabophanesZeller, 1852 EusynopaLower, 1903 HyalospilaHerrich-Schäffer, 1853 RhitiaWalker, 1864

Monopis is a genus of the fungus moths in the family Tineidae. ^[2]

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

Selected species

Species currently placed in Monopis include: ^[3]

• Monopis argillacea (Meyrick, 1893)
• Monopis burmanni Petersen, 1979
• Monopis chrysogramma (Lower, 1899)
• Monopis cirrhospila Turner, 1923
• Monopis congestella (Walker, 1864)
• Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859) (= M. heringi, M. hyalinella, M. lombardica)
• Monopis dimorphella Dugdale, 1971
• Monopis dorsistrigella (Clemens, 1859) (= M. subjunctella)
• Monopis ethelella (Newman, 1856)
• Monopis fenestratella (Heyden, 1863)
• Monopis henderickxi Gaedike & Karsholt 2001
• Monopis icterogastra – wool moth
• Monopis imella
• Monopis jacobsi Gozmány, 1967
• Monopis laevigella – skin moth
• Monopis longella
• Monopis marginistrigella (Chambers, 1873) (= M. irrorella)
• Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
• Monopis meliorella (Walker, 1863)
• Monopis monacha Zagulajev, 1972
• Monopis monachella
• Monopis mycetophilella Powell, 1967
• Monopis nigricantella (Millière, 1872)
• Monopis obviella
• Monopis ochroptila Turner, 1923
• Monopis ornithias (Meyrick, 1888)
• Monopis pallidella Zagulajev, 1955
• Monopis pavlovskii Zagulajev, 1955
• Monopis pentadisca Meyrick, 1924
• Monopis spilotella (Tengström, 1848) (= M. biflavimaculella, M. halospila, M. insignisella)
• Monopis stichomela (Lower, 1900)
• Monopis straminella Zagulajev, 1958
• Monopis trigonoleuca Turner, 1917
• Monopis typhlopa Meyrick, 1925
• Monopis weaverella (Scott, 1858)

Also placed here by some authors is Reisserita barbarosi . ^[4]

Footnotes

1. ABRS (2008), Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)
2. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)
3. ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2003)
4. FE (2009), Robinson [2010]

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.