Agonopterix

Agonopterix
Agonopterix furvella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Subfamily: Depressariinae
Genus: Agonopterix
Hübner, 1825
Type species
"Tinea signella"
Hübner, 1796
Synonyms
  • Epeleustia Hübner, 1825
  • Pinaris Hübner, 1825
  • Tichonia Hübner, 1825
  • Haemylis Treitschke, 1832
  • Syllochitis Meyrick, 1910
  • Ctenioxena Meyrick, 1923
  • Agonopteryx
  • Subagonopterix Lvovsky, 2013
A. senicionella caterpillar

Agonopterix is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is placed in the family Depressariidae, which was often – particularly in older treatments – considered a subfamily of the Oecophoridae or included in the Elachistidae.[1]

  1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)