Biology:Monopis icterogastra

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Short description: Species of moth

Wool moth
Monopis icterogastra.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Monopis
Species:
M. icterogastra
Binomial name
Monopis icterogastra
(Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Blabophanes icterogastra
    Zeller, 1852[1]
  • Tinea vivipara
    Scott, 1863[1]
  • Tinea adjunctella
    Walker, 1864[1]
  • Tinea nivibractella
    Walker, 1869[1]

Monopis icterogastra, the wool moth, is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found in most of Australia .

It is thought that the moths of this species lay live young caterpillars rather than eggs.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Monopis icterogastra (Zeller, 1852)". Australian Faunal Directory. 15 April 2009. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Monopis_icterogastra. Retrieved 26 November 2009. 
  2. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (7 February 2008). "Monopis icterogastra". uts.edu.au. http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~don/larvae/tine/icterogastra.html. Retrieved 11 February 2009. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6901830 entry