| Opogona | |
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| Opogona omoscopa imago from Aranda, Australian Capital Territory | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Hieroxestinae |
| Genus: | Opogona Zeller, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853
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| Species | |
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Numerous, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Numerous, see text | |
Opogona is a genus of the fungus moth family, Tineidae. Therein, it belongs to the subfamily Hieroxestinae. As it includes Opogona omoscopa, the type species of the now-abolished genus Hieroxestis, it is the type genus of its subfamily.
They are most common in the tropical parts of the world; for example, from Australia, almost thirty species are known. Two members of this genus – the banana moth (O. sacchari) and to a lesser extent O. omoscopa – have been introduced to Europe.[1]
- ^ ABRS (2010), FE (2011)