Monocoptopera

Monocoptopera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Pyraustinae
Genus:	Monocoptopera; Hampson, 1899
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. 1898: 610–611 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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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. 1898: 610–611 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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