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

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.^[1]

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:^[2]

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.^[3]

Synonyms

Junior synonyms of Monopis are:^[4]

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

Footnotes

↑ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)
↑ ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Robinson [2010], and see references in Savela (2003)
↑ FE (2009), Robinson [2010]
↑ ABRS (2008), Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monopis.

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.