Taxonomic Information
Monopis Hübner, [1825] species known from India and Sri Lanka.
Monopis avara Meyrick, 1919
Monopis dicycla Meyrick, 1905. Sri Lanka.
Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796). Indian subcontinent.
Monopis artasyras Meyrick, 1931. Nepal.
Monopis impressella Walker, 1863. Sri Lanka.
Monopis meliorella Walker, 1863. India: Nicobar Is. Monopis insularis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875, is a synonym from Nicobar Is.
Monopis longella (Walker, 1863). India. Could be a synonym of Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796).
Monopis viatica Meyrick, 1911. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).
Monopis sertifera Meyrick, 1910. India: Assam.
Monopis trimaculella (Snellen, 1885). Sri Lanka. Monopis tripetalla Meyrick, 1905, a synonym, described from Sri Lanka.
Monopis pseudagyrta Meyrick, 1919. India.
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Monopis florilega Meyrick, 1911. Sri Lanka.
Monopis hemicitra Meyrick, 1906. Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
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| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Huang, G., Chen, L., Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., & Wang, M. (2011). A revision of the Monopis monachella species complex (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) from China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 163, 1-14.
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Monopis spp. Hübner, 1825 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/monopis-spp, accessed 2025/04/30.