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
- 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