Monocoptopera

Monocoptopera
Scientific 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]

References

"global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
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.
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: 610–611 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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[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: 610–611 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.