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]

Agonopterix
Agonopterix furvella
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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

Species

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Former species

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Footnotes

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

References

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  • Fauna Europaea (FE) (2009): Agonopterix.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species
  • Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Agonopterix. Version of 2008-JUL-18. Retrieved 2011-SEP-28.
  • Fujisawa, K., 1985: On eight species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Japan, with descriptions of six new species. Tinea 12 (Part 5): 33-40.
  • Hannemann, H.J., 1959: Neue Depressarien aus der Sammlung S. TOLL (Oecophoridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Neue Folge 6: 34-43.
  • Hannemann, H.J., 1988: Studien an Depressarien (Lep. Oecophoridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 35(1-3): 193-197. Abstract: doi:10.1002/mmnd.19880350106.
  • Hannemann, H.J., 1989: Studien an Depressarien (Lep., Oecophoridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(4/5): 389-399.
  • Hannemann, H.J., 1989: Agonopterix multiplicella Erschoff, 1877 (Lep., Oecophoridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 36(1-3): 157-159. Abstract: doi:10.1002/mmnd.19890360121.
  • Hübner 1825: Verz. bekannt. Schmett., 26: 410.
  • Karsholt, O., Lvovsky, A.L. & Nielsen, C., 2006: A new species of Agonopterix feeding on giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) in the Caucasus, with a discussion of the nomenclature of A. heracliana (Linnaeus) (Depressariidae). Nota Lepidopterologica, 28(3/4): 177-192.
  • Lvovsky, A.L. 2011: Three new species of the genus Agonopterix (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from Nepal. Zoosystematica rossica, 20(1): 149-152. Full article (PDF)
  • Lvovsky, A.L.; Wang, S. 2011: Five species of the genus Agonopterix Hübner (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from China. 3053: 63-68.
  • Wang 2007: Genus Agonopterix Hübner (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Depressariinae) from China with descriptions of four new species. Entomotaxonomia, 29(3): 215-222. Abstract: [1]
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