| Asymphorodes | |
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| Family: | Agonoxenidae (disputed)
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| Subfamily: | Agonoxeninae (disputed)
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| Genus: | Asymphorodes Meyrick, 1929
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| Asymphorodes valligera Meyrick, 1929
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| Diversity[verification needed] | |
| Some 80 species | |
Asymphorodes is a gelechioid moth genus in subfamily Agonoxeninae of the palm moth family (Agonoxenidae), whose taxonomic status is disputed. Alternatively, the palm moths might be a subfamily of the grass-miner moth family (Elachistidae), with the Agonoxeninae becoming a tribe Agonoxenini.[citation needed]
Formerly, this genus was included in the cosmet moths (Cosmopterigidae). They are found in southern Polynesia as well as the Hawaiian and the Solomon Islands, and are notable for their adaptive radiation on the Marquesas Islands.[1]