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Tineidae 300173 – 0418   Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)              White-headed Monopis

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Description/ Field Marks: Head and thorax white, wings dark brown to black with large white patch on distal half of costa and some white scaling on the inner margin near the anal angle. Genitalia: See Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 63(1): fig. 3a-b. Similar Species: 418.1 Monopis longella has a dark stain within large white patch on costal margin of forewing. Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: monachella Hübner 1796 (Tinea) - MONA 1983: 0418; Type locality: Europe mediella Fabricius 1794 (Alucita) monacha Zagulajev 1972 (Monopis)

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Huang, G.H., L.S. Chen, T. Hirowatari, Y. Nasu, M. Wang, 2011. A revision of the Monopis monachella species complex (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) from China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 63(1): 1-14. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths

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