''Monopis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of the

fungus moth Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Tineinae The Tineinae are a subfamily of moths of the family Tineidae. Genera * ''Acridotarsa'' * '' Anomalotinea'' * '' Asymphyla'' * '' Ceratobia'' * ''Ceratophaga'' * '' Ceratuncus'' * ''Crypsithyris'' * '' Crypsithyrodes'' * '' Eccritothrix'' * '' E ...

. 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 w ...

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 The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...

genus ''

Zonula (moth) The zonule of Zinn () (Zinn's membrane, ciliary zonule) (after Johann Gottfried Zinn) is a ring of fibrous strands forming a zonule (little band) that connects the ciliary body with the crystalline lens of the eye. These fibers are sometimes collec ...

'' was invalidly described by Ragonot in 1888; the

geometer moth The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...

genus '' Locha'' was invalidly described by Warren in 1894.

Selected species

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currently placed in ''Monopis'' include: * '' Monopis argillacea'' (Meyrick, 1893) * ''

Monopis burmanni ''Monopis burmanni'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in Austria, Poland and Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Nor ...

'' 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 (biology), 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 usua ...

'' (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 pa ...

'' (Clemens, 1859) (= ''M. heringi, M. hyalinella, M. lombardica'') * ''

Monopis dimorphella ''Monopis dimorphella'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by John S. Dugdale in 1971. This species is endemic to New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Oce ...

'' Dugdale, 1971 * ''

Monopis dorsistrigella ''Monopis dorsistrigella'', the skunkback monopi, is a species of clothes moth in the family Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus ...

'' (Clemens, 1859) (= ''M. subjunctella'') * ''

Monopis ethelella ''Monopis ethelella'' is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Newman in 1856. It is found in Australia and New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consist ...

'' (Newman, 1856) * ''

Monopis fenestratella ''Monopis fenestratella'' is a moth belonging to the family Tineidae. The species was first described by Carl von Heyden Carl Heinrich Georg(es) von Heyden (20 January 1793 Frankfurt – 7 July 1866) was a German senator and entomologist. He co ...

'' (Heyden, 1863) * ''

Monopis henderickxi ''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 ...

'' Gaedike & Karsholt 2001 * ''

Monopis icterogastra ''Monopis icterogastra'', the wool moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Aus ...

'' – wool moth * ''

Monopis imella ''Monopis imella'' is a moth of the family Tineidae found in Europe. The wingspan is 11–15 mm. Originally discovered in Britain around 1858, the Monopis Imella is an indistinctive species that has a yellowish bunch of scales located on t ...

'' * ''

Monopis jacobsi ''Monopis jacobsi'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It is found in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is ...

'' Gozmány, 1967 * ''

Monopis laevigella ''Monopis laevigella'', the skin moth, is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family (Tineidae), and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae. It is (under its junior synonym ''Tinea rusticella'') the type species of the g ...

'' – 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'' (Chambers, 1873) (= ''M. irrorella'') * '' Monopis megalodelta'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Monopis meliorella'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Monopis monacha'' Zagulajev, 1972 * '' Monopis monachella'' * '' Monopis mycetophilella'' 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 obviella'' is a species of tineoid moth. It belongs to the fungus moth family (Tineidae), and therein to the nominate subfamily Tineinae. It is (under the invalid name ''Tinea ferruginella'') the type species of ''Blabophanes'', today ...

'' * ''

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'' (Meyrick, 1888) * ''

Monopis pallidella ''Monopis'' is a genus of the fungus moth family (biology), 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 usua ...

'' 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'' (Tengström, 1848) (= ''M. biflavimaculella, M. halospila, M. insignisella'') * '' Monopis stichomela'' (Lower, 1900) * '' Monopis straminella'' Zagulajev, 1958 * '' Monopis trigonoleuca'' 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 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. 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, Linnae ...

of ''M. straminella''. Also placed here by some authors is '' Reisserita barbarosi''.

Synonyms

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s 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''
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''Monopis''
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Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
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br>Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
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Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2010-MAY-09. Tineinae Moth genera {{Tineidae-stub