Monotonia

Monotonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Monotonia
Amsel, 1955
Species:
M. straminella
Binomial name
Monotonia straminella
(Zerny, 1914)[1]

Monotonia is a genus of snout moths described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1955. Its single species, Monotonia straminella, was described much earlier in another genus.[2] It is found in the Middle East.

References

  1. ^ Zerny, H. (1914). "Über paläarktische Pyraliden des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien". Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums. 28: 295–348 [316].
  2. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2025-09-29.