Monocoptopera

Monocoptopera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Pyraustinae
Genus: Monocoptopera
Hampson, 1899[1]
Species:
M. ecmetallescens
Binomial name
Monocoptopera ecmetallescens
Hampson, 1898

Monocoptopera is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Monocoptopera ecmetallescens, which is found on Ambon Island.[2][3]

  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Monocoptopera ecmatellescens​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018. Note: This source appears to misspell the specific name "ecmatellescens", but "ecmetallescens" is confirmed by the original description.
  3. ^ Hampson, G. F. (November 15, 1898). "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and Family Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1898: 610–611 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.