Monopis longella

Monopis longella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It has been recorded from China, Korea India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia and Thailand[1] and is an introduced species in North America, where it has been recorded from New York to central Florida and west to Michigan.[2]

Monopis longella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Monopis
Species:
M. longella
Binomial name
Monopis longella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Tinea longella Walker, 1863
  • Blabophanes longella
  • Monopis pseudagyrta Meyrick, 1919
  • Monopis pavlovskii Zagulajev, 1955

The larvae have been found tunnelling in the feathers and pupating just below the nest surface in a cylindrical cocoon of thin silk with adhering fragments of feathers.

Taxonomy

It has been placed as a synonym of Monopis monachella in the past.

References
  1. Lee et al., 2016. First report on two species of genus Monopis (Lepidoptera, Tineidae.) collected by feather trap in Korea. - Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, Vol.9 (2)
  2. mothphotographersgroup
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