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
Species currently placed in Monopis include:Monopis argillacea Monopis burmanni Petersen, 1979Monopis chrysogramma Monopis cirrhospila Turner, 1923Monopis congestella Monopis crocicapitella Monopis dimorphella Dugdale, 1971Monopis dorsistrigella Monopis ethelella Monopis fenestratella Monopis henderickxi Gaedike & Karsholt 2001Monopis icterogastra - wool mothMonopis imellaMonopis jacobsi Gozmány, 1967Monopis laevigella - skin mothMonopis longellaMonopis marginistrigella Monopis megalodelta Meyrick, 1908Monopis meliorella Monopis monacha Zagulajev, 1972Monopis monachellaMonopis mycetophilella Powell, 1967Monopis nigricantella Monopis obviellaMonopis ochroptila Turner, 1923Monopis ornithias Monopis pallidella Zagulajev, 1955Monopis pavlovskii Zagulajev, 1955Monopis pentadisca Meyrick, 1924Monopis spilotella Monopis stichomela Monopis straminella Zagulajev, 1958Monopis trigonoleuca Turner, 1917Monopis typhlopa Meyrick, 1925Monopis weaverellaAlso placed here by some authors is Reisserita barbarosi.