Monopis
Introduction '''''Monopis''''' is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the nominate subfamily, Tineinae.A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There usually are contrasting white markings adjacent to it. Otherwise, the forewings are generally unpatterned and brown to blackish-grey in color. '''''Hyalospila''''' is a synonym. The snout moth genus ''Zonula (moth)'' was invalidly described by Ragonot in 1888; the geometer moth genus ''Locha'' was invalidly described by Warren in 1894.==Selected species==Species currently placed in ''Monopis'' include:* ''Monopis argillacea'' (Meyrick, 1893) * ''Monopis burmanni'' Petersen, 1979* ''Monopis chrysogramma'' (Lower, 1899)* ''Monopis cirrhospila'' Turner, 1923* ''Monopis congestella'' (Walker, 1864)* ''Monopis crocicapitella'' (Clemens, 1859) (= ''M. heringi, M. hyalinella, M. lombardica'')* ''Monopis dimorphella'' Dugdale, 1971* ''Monopis dorsistrigella'' (Clemens, 1859) (= ''M. subjunctella'')* ''Monopis ethelella'' (Newman, 1856)* ''Monopis fenestratella'' (Heyden, 1863)* ''Monopis henderickxi'' Gaedike & Karsholt 2001* ''Monopis icterogastra'' – wool moth* ''Monopis imella''* ''Monopis jacobsi''  Gozmány, 1967* ''Monopis laevigella'' – skin moth* ''Monopis longella''* ''Monopis marginistrigella'' (Chambers, 1873) (= ''M. irrorella'')* ''Monopis megalodelta''  Meyrick, 1908* ''Monopis meliorella'' (Walker, 1863)* ''Monopis monacha'' Zagulajev, 1972* ''Monopis monachella''* ''Monopis mycetophilella'' Powell, 1967* ''Monopis nigricantella'' (Millière, 1872)* ''Monopis obviella''* ''Monopis ochroptila'' Turner, 1923* ''Monopis ornithias'' (Meyrick, 1888)* ''Monopis pallidella'' Zagulajev, 1955* ''Monopis pavlovskii'' Zagulajev, 1955* ''Monopis pentadisca'' Meyrick, 1924* ''Monopis spilotella'' (Tengström, 1848) (= ''M. biflavimaculella, M. halospila, M. insignisella'')* ''Monopis stichomela'' (Lower, 1900)* ''Monopis straminella'' Zagulajev, 1958* ''Monopis trigonoleuca'' Turner, 1917* ''Monopis weaverella'' (Scott, 1858)''M. christophi'' is either a junior synonym of ''M. pallidella'' or the senior synonym of ''M. straminella''. Also placed here by some authors is ''Reisserita barbarosi''.
Synonyms Junior synonyms of ''Monopis'' are:* ''Blabophanes'' Zeller, 1852* ''Eusynopa'' Lower, 1903* ''Hyalospila'' Herrich-Schäffer, 1853* ''Rhitia'' Walker, 1864
Footnotes
References *  (2008): Australian Faunal Directory –  ''Monopis''. Version of 2008-OCT-09.Retrieved 2010-MAY-09. *  (2009):  ''Monopis''. Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22.Retrieved 2010-MAY-09. *  (2004):  Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species –  ''Monopis''. Version of 2004-NOV-05.Retrieved 2010-MAY-09. *  2010:  Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2010-MAY-09. *  (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms –  ''Monopis''. Version of 2003-DEC-28.Retrieved 2010-MAY-09.