Monopis

Not to be confused with Monopsis.

"Hyalospila" redirects here. For the snout moth genus invalidly described by Ragonot in 1888, see Zonula (moth). For the geometer moth genus invalidly described by Warren in 1894, see Locha.

Monopis
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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
Numerous, see text

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 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:

• Monopis argillacea (Meyrick, 1893)
• Monopis burmanni Petersen, 1979
• Monopis chrysogramma (Lower, 1899)
• Monopis cirrhospila Turner, 1923
• Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859) (= M. heringi, M. hyalinella, M. lombardica)
• 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 laevigella – Skin Moth
• Monopis longella
• Monopis marginistrigella (Chambers, 1873) (= M. irrorella)
• 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 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 weaverella (Scott, 1858)

M. christophi is either a junior synonym of M. pallidella or the senior synonym of M. straminella. Also placed here by some authors is Reisserita barbarosi.

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of Monopis are:

• Blabophanes Zeller, 1852
• Eusynopa Lower, 1903
• Hyalospila Herrich-Schäffer, 1853
• Rhitia Walker, 1864

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.