Agonoxeninae
subfamily of insects
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus Agonoxena – if (e.g. following Nielsen et al., 1996). Such a monotypic arrangement is fairly unusual in modern taxonomy without explicit need due to phylogenetic constraints.
Hodges (in Kristensen, 1999) retained the Blastodacnidae in the Agonoxenidae, giving a grouping of some 31 genera, and treating the whole as a subfamily Agonoxeninae of the grass-miner moths (Elachistidae). Collectively, the Agonoxenidae and "Blastodacnidae" are known as palm moths.
Genera
Agonoxena Meyrick, 1921
Asymphorodes (formerly in Cosmopterigidae)
Cladobrostis
Diacholotis
Gnamptonoma Meyrick, 1917
Helcanthica
Ischnopsis
Nanodacna
Nicanthes
Pammeces Zeller, 1863 (formerly in Cosmopterigidae)
Pauroptila
Porotica
Proterocosma (formerly in Cosmopterigidae)
Former genera
Blastodacna, Dystebenna, Haplochrois, Heinemannia and Spuleria are sometimes placed here, sometimes in the Elachistidae (or Blastodacnidae).
Other genera formerly placed here:
Chrysoclista
Colonophora
Glaucacna
Palaeomystella
Panclintis
Prochola
Tocasta Busck, 1912
Zaratha
References
Nielsen E.S., Edwards E.D. & Rangsi T.V. (eds.) (1996), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 4; CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 1996
Kristensen, N.P. (ed.), 1999. Handbook of Zoology: Bd. 4.
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