Monodonta is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Monodonta passalis, which is described from Mount Kebea in New Guinea.[2] The genus name is a junior homonym of Monodonta Lamarck, 1799 but no replacement name is currently available.[3]
Monodonta passalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
Genus: | Monodonta Kenrick, 1907[1] |
Species: | M. passalis |
Binomial name | |
Monodonta passalis Kenrick, 1907 |
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