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Subfamily Agonoxeninae - Palm Moths

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Linnaeus's Spangle-wing - Chrysoclista linneella Apple Pith Moth, 1461.1 - Blastodacna atra Linnaeus's Spangle-wing moth? - Chrysoclista linneella Blastodacna Apple Pith Moth - Blastodacna atra Blastodacna (undescribed species) - Blastodacna - female Blastodacna atra - Blastodacna bicristatella Blastodacna bicristatella
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Agonoxeninae (Palm Moths)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly included within Cosmopterigidae
treated as a separate family (Agonoxenidae) by Nye & Fletcher (1991)
treated as a subfamily (Agonoxeninae) of Elachistidae by Hodges in Kristensen (1999), and at All-Leps - the classification currently followed at BugGuide

Numbers

all North American genera in this subfamily belong to the tribe Blastodacnini
6 species in 3 genera in North America listed at All-Leps
about 30 species worldwide (Butterflies and Moths of the World)

Size

wingspan 10-15 mm

Identification

small moths with upturned labial palps and feathery fringes on the outer margin of wings

Range

holarctic
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 March, 2006 - 11:04am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 10 November, 2020 - 6:43pm

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