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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Monopis » Monopis marginistrigella - Hodges#0417 (Monopis marginistrigella)
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Yellow-headed Micro Moth - Monopis marginistrigella
Copyright © 2006 Stephen Luk

Yellow-headed Micro Moth - Monopis marginistrigella
Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
September 12, 2006
Size: 7 mm
Been looking through MPG and All-Leps ... I'm sure this is a Monopis. No idea which species though, but since it is rather dark and more peppered in white scales near the base of the forewings, I'm guessing it may be M. dorsistrigella?
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 12 September, 2006 - 11:30am
Last updated 13 September, 2006 - 12:03am

0417 - Monopis marginistrigella
... I just received notes of correction from Don Davis at the USNM and from Jim Vargo to the effect that what is/has been shown at MPG among Vargo's photos, 0415 is actually M. dorsistrigella, and both 0416 and 0417 are actually M. marginistrigella. The plates will be corrected soon and some photos will be replaced by better ones. The result in this case is that your photo depicts M. marginistrigella.
… Bob Patterson, 12 September, 2006 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the clarification Bob
Where should I move this photo?
… Stephen Luk, 12 September, 2006 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

 
To 0417 - Monopis marginistrigella in Tineidae
B.P.
… Bob Patterson, 12 September, 2006 - 10:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Doesn't seem like there's a
page for M. marginistrigella. Don't think I'm able to make one.
… Stephen Luk, 12 September, 2006 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
M. marginistrigella
I made a page for this one and added some info on how it apparently differs from similar species, based on the few photos I cound find on the web. The species isn't listed for Ontario at NHIC but I don't think that means much, as there's probably a fair number of micromoths here that haven't been recorded yet. Only four Monopis species are listed for Ontario; the two species that don't have photos linked to in the Guide are crocicapitella which has a pale strip along the forewing inner margin that continues onto the thorax (1, 2), and rusticella which lacks a white patch at the anal angle in the drawing here.

Image moved from ID Request to new species page.
… Robin McLeod, 13 September, 2006 - 12:14am login or register to post comments

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