''Monodonta'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...

. It contains only one species, ''Monodonta passalis'', which is described from Mount Kebea in

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

. The genus name is a junior homonym of ''

Monodonta ''Monodonta'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Trochidae, the top snails. The genus ''Monodonta'' was first separated from the Linnaean genus ''Trochus'' by Jean-Baptiste Lamarc ...

'' Lamarck, 1799 but no replacement name is currently available.

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Moths described in 1907 Pyraustinae Taxa named by George Hamilton Kenrick {{Pyraustinae-stub