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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyraustinae |
| Genus: | Monodonta Kenrick, 1907[1] |
| Species: | M. passalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodonta passalis Kenrick, 1907
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References
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- ^ "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). "Monodonta passalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- ^ D.S. Fletcher and I.W.B. Nye (1984). The Generic names of moths of the world. Volume 5: Pyraloidea. p. 96.
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