Asymphorodes
| Asymphorodes | |
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| Family: | Agonoxenidae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Agonoxeninae (disputed)
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| Genus: | Asymphorodes Meyrick, 1929
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| Type species | |
| Asymphorodes valligera Meyrick, 1929
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| Diversity[verification needed] | |
| Some 80 species | |
Asymphorodes is a
grass-miner moth family (Elachistidae), with the Agonoxeninae becoming a tribe Agonoxenini.[citation needed
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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]
Description
These small moths come in a diverse range of more or less subdued colors and in their natural range can usually be distinguished by their wing venation: In the forewings, vein 1b is forked and vein 1c missing; veins 2 and 3 neither run parallel nor approach at the end, and vein 5 does not emerge from a common stalk with veins 6-8. In addition, like in some related moths the scape is short and bears a comb.[1]
The male
ostium is usually well sclerotized
and protrudes, but may be recessed into a deep pit in the seventh sternal segment.
Species
Species of Asymphorodes include:[1]
- Asymphorodes acerba Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes acritopterus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes acrophrictis Meyrick, 1934
- Asymphorodes admirandus Meyrick, 1934
- Asymphorodes adynatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes aenigma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes albicoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes amblysoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes aporema J.F.G. Clarke, 1987
- Asymphorodes aporia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes astathopis (Meyrick, 1934) (formerly in Limnaecia)
- Asymphorodes balanotis Meyrick, 1934
- Asymphorodes bipunctatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes brevimacula J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes canicoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes chalcocoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes chalcopterus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes chalcosoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes chalcozona
- Asymphorodes chrysophanes J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes cicatricula J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes circopis Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes cirsodes Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes coesyrias Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes culminis J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes cuneatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes diamphidius J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes didyma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes diffidentia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes dimorpha (formerly in Hyposmocoma)
- Asymphorodes emphereia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes ergodes Meyrick, 1934
- Asymphorodes favilla J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes flexa (Meyrick, 1921)
- Asymphorodes fractura J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes hemileucus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes holoporphyra Meyrick, 1934
- Asymphorodes homosoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes honoria J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes hypostema J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes interstincta Meyrick, 1929 (may include A. poliopterus)
- Asymphorodes lenticula J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes leptotes J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes leucoloma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes leucoterma Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes lucerna J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes lucidus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes macrogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes mediostriatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes melanosoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes mesoxanthus J.F.G.Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes monoxesta
- Asymphorodes montgomeryi J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes myronotus Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes nebrias J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes nephocirca Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes nigricornis J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes nuciferae J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes ochrogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes oculisignis Meyrick, 1934
- Asymphorodes paraporia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes phaeochorda Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes phaeodelta J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes phalarogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes plectographa Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes plemmelia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes poliopterus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986 (may belong in A. interstincta)
- Asymphorodes pollutus Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes porphyrarcha Meyrick, 1929 (= A. xestophanes)
- Asymphorodes regina J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes remigiata J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes semileuteusJ.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes seminiger J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes sericeus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes sphenocopa Meyrick, 1929
- Asymphorodes spintheropus (Meyrick, 1934) (formerly in Stagmatophora)
- Asymphorodes spodogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes triaula (formerly in Hyposmocoma)
- Asymphorodes trichogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes trigrapha J.F.G. Clarke, 1986
- Asymphorodes valligera Meyrick, 1929 (= A. ingravescens)
- Asymphorodes xanthostola Meyrick, 1934
Footnotes
References
- Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine (214 MB!)