Monopis is a genus of the fungus moths in the family Tineidae.Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)
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:ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Robinson , and see references in Savela (2003)
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.FE (2009), Robinson
Footnotes
References
(2008): Australian Faunal Directory – 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 – Monopis. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09. : Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-09. (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Monopis. Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.