Monopis crocicapitella

Monopis crocicapitella
	Male genitalia of Monopis crocicapitella see the image description for characters separating M. crocicapitella from Monopis obviella.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Monopis
Species:	M. crocicapitella
Binomial name
	Monopis crocicapitella; (Clemens, 1859)
Synonyms
	Tinea crocicapitella Clemens, 1859; Tinea amandatella Walker, 1863 ; Monopis cecconii Turati, 1919 ; Monopis dobrogica Georgesco, 1964 ; Blabophanes heringi Richardson, 1893 ; Tinea hyalinella Staudinger, 1870 ; Blabophanes lombardica Hering, 1889; Amydria prometopias Gyen, 1913 ; Blabophanes ptilophaga Enderlein, 1909 ;

Monopis crocicapitella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution. It was first described from the eastern United States.

The wingspan is 10–16 mm. The ground colour of the hindwing is whitish grey. In western Europe, adults are on wing from June to October.

The larvae feed on dried animal and vegetable refuse. They have been found in debris, in a dead rat, textile and pigeon guano, as well as bird's nests, stored products of vegetable origin (like flour, corn and felt).

References

PETERSEN, G., 1957: Die Genitalien der paläarktischen Tineiden (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 7 (1/2): 55-176.

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