Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)

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Permalink:	MONOSPEC
Higher taxa:	Tineidae (family)/  Tineinae (subfamily)/  Monopis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Zeller, 1852)
Citation:	[Tinea] (Blabophanes) Speculella
Original genus:	Tinea
Publication:	Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit.
Journal:	Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Nye Handlingar
Volume:	(Ser. 3) 40
Issue:
Pagination:	89–90
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34531733

Monopis speculella (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Identified as Monopis crocicapitella Clemens by J. Ghesquière (1940: no. 17).

Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)	Lectotype	♀	SNHM	Lectotype ♀, genitalia slide P. Viette 2862♀, SNHM (see Viette 1955g: 532).	South Africa	South Africa, Western Cape, Cape of Good Hope, "Habitat in tractibus fluviorum Limpoponis et Gariepis", leg. J. A. Wahlberg.	Viette P. 1955g. Les types de Tinéides (s.l.) de Zeller d'Afrique du Sud. page 89–90

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Gozmány L. A. 1967c. The Tineid moths of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). page 19
Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	South Kivu	Căpuşe I. 1969. Données sur quelques Tineidae (Lepidoptera) de la Région Ethiopienne. page 421
Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)	Ethiopia		Gozmány L. A. 1965b. Some collections of Tineid moths from Africa (Microlepidoptera). page 256
Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)	South Africa	Limpopo	Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. page 90
Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Mey W. 2019d. Dryadaulidae, Tineidae (Lepidoptera. – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 166
Monopis speculella (Zeller, 1852)	Tanzania		Gozmány L. A. 1967a. Three Tineid collections (Lepidoptera) from Africa. page 95

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Monopis speculella (1)

Monopis speculella (2)

Monopis speculella (3)

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