Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)

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Permalink:	MONOMONA
Higher taxa:	Tineidae (family)/  Tineinae (subfamily)/  Monopis (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Hübner, 1796)
Citation:	Tinea Monachella
Original genus:	Tinea
Publication:	Hübner J. 1796–1838. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge.
Journal:	—
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Pagination:	Vol. 8, Tineae 5; pl. 21, fig. 143
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28024929

Monopis monachella (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL

Distribution note:

Australasia: Hawaii; Oriental: India, Myanmar; Palaearctic: Europe.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 5
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Meyrick E. 1938a. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Pterophoridae, Tortricina and Tineina. page 25
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)	Gabon		Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 65
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)	Gambia		Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1891a. African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 87
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 65

Plant note:

In birds nests (see J. Ghesquière 1940a: 5).

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

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)	Undefined Decaying animal matter	Undefined		Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). page 5

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Monopis monachella (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Monopis longella (Walker, 1863)	(Walker, 1863)	species	Synonym	Tinea longella
Monopis mediella (Fabricius, 1794)	(Fabricius, 1794)	species	Synonym	Alucita mediella