Opogona

Opogona
Opogona omoscopa imago from Aranda, Australian Capital Territory
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Division:	Ditrysia
Family:	Tineidae
Subfamily:	Hieroxestinae
Genus:	Opogona Zeller, 1853
Type species
Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
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.

Thes are most common in the tropical parts of the world; for example, from Australia, almost 30 species are known. But two members of this genus – the banana moth (O. sacchari) and to a lesser extent O. omoscopa – have been introduced even to Europe.^[1]

Selected species

The numerous species of Opogona include:^[2]

Opogona arizonensis Davis, 1978 Opogona asema (Turner, 1900) Opogona aurisquamosa Opogona basilissa (Turner, 1917) Opogona bicolorella (Matsumura, 1931) Opogona calculata Meyrick, 1919 Opogona caryospila Meyrick, 1920 Opogona cataclasta Meyrick, 1915 Opogona chrysophanes Meyrick, 1915 Opogona citrolopha Meyrick, 1932 Opogona cleonyma (Meyrick, 1897) Opogona comptella Opogona confinis Turner, 1926 Opogona conjurata (Meyrick, 1920) Opogona crypsipyra Turner, 1923 Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853 Opogona discordia J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 Opogona fascigera Meyrick, 1915 Opogona fatima Meyrick, 1921 Opogona flavofasciata (Stainton, 1859) Opogona floridensis Davis, 1978 Opogona glycyphaga Meyrick, 1915

Opogona isotalanta Meyrick, 1930 Opogona micranthes (Meyrick, 1897) Opogona nebularis (Meyrick, 1897) Opogona nipponica Stringer, 1930 Opogona omoscopa Opogona orthotis (Meyrick, 1897) Opogona papayae Turner, 1923 Opogona praestans (Walsingham, 1892) Opogona promalacta Meyrick, 1915 Opogona protodoxa (Meyrick, 1897) Opogona regressa Meyrick, 1916 Opogona sacchari – banana moth Opogona sarophila Meyrick, 1915 Opogona scalena (Meyrick, 1897) Opogona simoniella (Wallengren, 1861) Opogona stenocraspeda (Meyrick, 1897) Opogona stereodyta Opogona tetrasema (Turner, 1917) Opogona thiadelpha Meyrick, 1934 Opogona trichoceros Meyrick, 1930 Opogona trissostacta Meyrick, 1934 Opogona tristicta (Meyrick, 1897)

Some species have been removed from the present genus, however. For example, O. panchalcella is now in Wegneria.

Synonyms

Times and again, groups of these moths have been proposed for separation in distinct genera. Here however, the genus is considered to contain the core group of Hieroxestinae and is thus delimited sensu lato. Junior synonyms and other invalid scientific names of Opogona are:^[3]

Cachura Walker, 1864 Conchyliospila Wallengren, 1861 Conchyliopsila (lapsus) Dendroneura Walsingham, 1892 Exala Meyrick, 1912

Hieroxestis Meyrick, 1893 Lozostoma Stainton, 1859 Loxostoma (lapsus nec Bivona-Bernardi 1838: preoccupied) Lissocarena Turner, 1923

Footnotes

1. ABRS (2010), FE (2011)
2. Clarke (1986), ABRS (2010), Robinson [2011], and see references in Savela (2003)
3. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), ABRS (2010)

References

• Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2010): Australian Faunal Directory – Opogona. Version of 2010-NOV-15. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
• Fauna Europaea (FE) (2011): Opogona. Version 2.4, 2011-JAN-27. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
• Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Opogona. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
• Robinson, Gaden S. [2011]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.
• Savela, Markku (2003): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Opogona. Version of 2003-DEC-28. Retrieved 2011-DEC-23.