The
Monotrysia is a group of
insects in the
Lepidopteran order which is not currently considered to be a natural group or
clade. The group contains only
moths and most of these (apart from the recently discovered
family Andesianidae) are small and are relatively understudied (compared to Ditrysia) in many regions of the world. The group is so named because the female has a single
genital opening for
mating and laying
eggs, in contrast to the bulk of the Lepidoptera (
Ditrysia), which have two female reproductive openings. They comprise all of the group
Heteroneura but the Ditrysia.