Agonoxenidae

Agonoxenidae
: Eukaryota : Animalia : Metazoa : Arthropoda : Hexapoda : Insecta : Pterygota : Neoptera : Endopterygota : Lepidoptera : Ditrysia Division: Microlepidoptera : Gelechioidea : Agonoxenidae
Author:	Meyrick, 1926
Type species:	Agonoxena argaula
Diversity:	? genera ? species
Genera
Agonoxena (see text)

The Agonoxenidae family of moths only contains four named species in the whole world (if, following Nielsen et al (1996) the Blastodacnidae are considered to be a separate family) :

• Agonoxena argaula (Coconut Leafminer) is a pest on Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) in Fiji and Hawaii.
• Agonoxena pyrogramma is also a pest on Coconut Palm, in Indonesia.
• Agonoxena miniana is a pest on Betel Nuts (Areca catechu) in Indonesia.
• Agonoxena phoenicea (Palm Moth) occurs in Australia.

Hodges, in Kristensen (1999) retained the Blastodacnidae in the same taxon as the Agonoxenidae giving a grouping of some 31 genera, but treated the whole as a subfamily of the Elachistidae.

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. Arthropoda: Insecta. Teilbd. 35, Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. Vol. 1. Evolution, systematics, and biogeography. W.de Gruyter, Berlin.