Monopis spilotella

Monopis spilotella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Monopis
Species: M. spilotella
Binomial name
Monopis spilotella
(Tengström, 1848)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea spilotella Tengström, 1848
  • Tinea biflavimaculella Clemens, 1860
  • Monopis biflavimaculella
  • Monopis halospila Meyrick, 1919
  • Tinea insignisella Walker, 1863
  • Monopis isignisella

Monopis spilotella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It was described by Tengström in 1848. It is found in Scandinavia, Denmark, the Baltic region and Ukraine and Russia.[2] It is also found in North America.[3]

The wingspan is 10–19 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera).
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Swedish Moths


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