''Monopis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of the
fungus moth family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate
subfamily,
Tineinae
The Tineinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Tineidae.
Genera
* ''Acridotarsa''
* ''Anomalotinea''
* ''Asymphyla''
* '' Ceratobia''
* '' Ceratophaga''
* ''Ceratuncus''
* '' Crypsithyris''
* ''Crypsithyrodes''
* ''Eccritothrix''
* '' Ela ...
.
A typical feature of these
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
s 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 ''
Zonula (moth)'' was
invalidly described by Ragonot in 1888; the
geometer moth
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family (biology), family Geometridae of the insect order (biology), order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative for ...
genus ''
Locha
''Locha'' is a moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Species
* '' Locha hyalaria'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 855
* ''Locha hyalina'' (Walker, 1854)
* '' Locha panopea'' (Thierry-Mieg, 1892)
* '' Locha phocusa'' ( ...
'' was invalidly described by Warren in 1894.
Selected species
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
currently placed in ''Monopis'' include:
* ''
Monopis argillacea
''Monopis argillacea'' is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1893. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the ...
''
(Meyrick, 1893)
* ''
Monopis burmanni''
Petersen, 1979
* ''
Monopis chrysogramma
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrastin ...
''
(Lower, 1899)
* ''
Monopis cirrhospila
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrastin ...
''
Turner, 1923
* ''
Monopis congestella
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contras ...
''
(Walker, 1864)
* ''
Monopis crocicapitella
''Monopis crocicapitella'', the pale-backed clothes moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1859. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. It was first described from the eastern United States. It is ...
''
(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 longella'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It has been recorded from China, Korea India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia and Thailand and is an introduced species in North America, where it has been recorded from New York to cen ...
''
* ''
Monopis marginistrigella
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contr ...
''
(Chambers, 1873) (= ''M. irrorella'')
* ''
Monopis megalodelta
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contr ...
''
Meyrick, 1908
* ''
Monopis meliorella
''Monopis meliorella'', the blotched monopis moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has been recorded from Australia (including Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ail ...
''
(Walker, 1863)
* ''
Monopis monacha
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contr ...
''
Zagulajev, 1972
* ''
Monopis monachella
''Monopis monachella'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is widespread in Eurasia, Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, New Guinea, Samoa, North America
North America is a cont ...
''
* ''
Monopis mycetophilella
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrastin ...
''
Powell, 1967
* ''
Monopis nigricantella
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrastin ...
''
(Millière, 1872)
* ''
Monopis obviella''
* ''
Monopis ochroptila
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrastin ...
''
Turner, 1923
* ''
Monopis ornithias
''Monopis ornithias'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
External linksImage of type specimen of ''Monopis ornithias''
Moths des ...
''
(Meyrick, 1888)
* ''
Monopis pallidella
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contr ...
''
Zagulajev, 1955
* ''
Monopis pavlovskii
''Monopis pavlovskii'', or Pavlovski's monopis moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in China, Russia, Japan and Korea and is an introduced species in North America, where it has been recorded from New York to central Florida and w ...
''
Zagulajev, 1955
* ''
Monopis pentadisca
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrastin ...
''
Meyrick, 1924
* ''
Monopis spilotella
''Monopis spilotella'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Johan Martin Jakob von Tengström in 1848. It is found in Scandinavia, Denmark, the Baltic region, Ukraine, and Russia. It is also found in North America
...
''
(Tengström, 1848) (= ''M. biflavimaculella, M. halospila, M. insignisella'')
* ''
Monopis stichomela
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrastin ...
''
(Lower, 1900)
* ''
Monopis straminella
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contr ...
''
Zagulajev, 1958
* ''
Monopis trigonoleuca
''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contr ...
''
Turner, 1917
* ''
Monopis weaverella
''Monopis weaverella'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Europe and North America.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. Fo ...
''
(Scott, 1858)
''M. christophi'' is either a
junior synonym of ''M. pallidella'' or the
senior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
of ''M. straminella''. Also placed here by some authors is ''
Reisserita barbarosi
''Reisserita'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family (biology), family Tineidae.
All species are unicolourous, without any markings on the forewings.
Species
*''Reisserita arabica'' (Petersen, 1961) (Saudi Arabia)
*''Reisserita bettagi'' ...
''.
Synonyms
Junior synonyms of ''Monopis'' are:
[ABRS (2008), Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)]
* ''Blabophanes''
Zeller, 1852
* ''Eusynopa''
Lower, 1903
* ''Hyalospila''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
* ''Rhitia''
Walker, 1864
Footnotes
References
* (2008): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash
''Monopis'' Version of 2008-OCT-09. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
* (2009)
''Monopis'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Monopis'' Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
*
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* 010, the Rotterdam
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Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera) Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
* (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms &ndash
Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.
Tineinae
Moth genera
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