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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

Genus Monopis

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Internet References
Moth ID - Monopis crocicapitella Yellow-headed Monopis Moth - Monopis longella Yellow-headed Monopis Moth - Hodges #0418.1 - Monopis longella Bird Nest Moth - Monopis crocicapitella Monopis spilotella ? - Monopis spilotella Moth - Monopis longella Bird Nest Moth - Hodges#0415 - Monopis crocicapitella White-headed Monopis - Monopis monachella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tineoidea (Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths)
Family Tineidae (Clothes Moths)
Subfamily Tineinae
Genus Monopis
Numbers
Ten Monopis species are found in America north of Mexico.
Size
Wingspan 10-16 mm, based on photos at Moth Photographers Group.
Identification
Adult: forewing elongate, dark brownish-gray to black with sparse pale speckling and/or pale whitish patches along costa and inner margin; hindwing uniformly brown to gray; top of head yellow in several species
Food
Larvae feed on various foodstuffs of animal origin: carcasses, owl pellets, feces, wool fabrics.
Internet References
pinned adult images and photos of related genera (Moth Photographers Group)
Markku Savela, FUNET larval food, synonyms, references.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 September, 2006 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 14 September, 2012 - 5:52pm

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