The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of .
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 (Elachistidae). Collectively, the Agonoxenidae and "Blastodacnidae" are known as palm moths.
Genera
Former genera
Blastodacna,
Dystebenna,
Haplochrois,
Heinemannia and
Spuleria are sometimes placed here, sometimes in the
Elachistidae (or Blastodacnidae).
Other genera formerly placed here:
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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
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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.
