''Monopis monachella'' is a
moth of the family
Tineidae. It is widespread in
Eurasia,
Africa,
India,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
,
Burma,
Sumatra
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,
Java, the
Philippines,
Taiwan,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
,
New Guinea,
Samoa,
North America
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and
South America.
The
wingspan is 12–20 mm. The moth flies from April to September.
The larvae feed on animal remains.
External links
waarneming.nl
Tineinae
Moths of Africa
Moths of Europe
Lepidoptera of the Republic of the Congo
Fauna of the Gambia
Moths described in 1796
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