Monopis

Monopis is a genus of the fungus moths in the family Tineidae.
A typical feature of these moths is a semi-transparent pale spot near the middle of the forewings. There are usually contrasting white markings adjacent to it. Otherwise, the forewings are generally unpatterned and brown to blackish-grey in color.

Selected species

currently placed in Monopis include:

Monopis argillacea
Monopis burmanni Petersen, 1979
Monopis chrysogramma
Monopis cirrhospila Turner, 1923
Monopis congestella
Monopis crocicapitella
Monopis dimorphella Dugdale, 1971
Monopis dorsistrigella
Monopis ethelella
Monopis fenestratella
Monopis henderickxi Gaedike & Karsholt 2001
Monopis icterogastra - wool moth
Monopis imella
Monopis jacobsi Gozmány, 1967
Monopis laevigella - skin moth
Monopis longella
Monopis marginistrigella
Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908
Monopis meliorella
Monopis monacha Zagulajev, 1972
Monopis monachella
Monopis mycetophilella Powell, 1967
Monopis nigricantella
Monopis obviella
Monopis ochroptila Turner, 1923
Monopis ornithias
Monopis pallidella Zagulajev, 1955
Monopis pavlovskii Zagulajev, 1955
Monopis pentadisca Meyrick, 1924
Monopis spilotella
Monopis stichomela
Monopis straminella Zagulajev, 1958
Monopis trigonoleuca Turner, 1917
Monopis typhlopa Meyrick, 1925
Monopis weaverella

Also placed here by some authors is Reisserita barbarosi.