The Agonoxenidae family of moths only contains four named species in the whole world (if, following Nielsen et al (1996) the Blastodacnidae are considered to be a separate family) :
Agonoxena argaula (Coconut Leafminer) is a pest on Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) in Fiji and Hawaii.
Agonoxena pyrogramma is also a pest on Coconut Palm, in Indonesia.
Agonoxena miniana is a pest on Betel Nuts (Areca catechu) in Indonesia.
Agonoxena phoenicea (Palm Moth) occurs in Australia.
Hodges, in Kristensen (1999) retained the Blastodacnidae in the same taxon as the Agonoxenidae giving a grouping of some 31 genera, but treated the whole as a subfamily of the Elachistidae.
References:
Nielsen E.S., Edwards E.D. & Rangsi T.V. (eds.) (1996), Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 4; CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 1996
Kristensen, N.P. (ed.), 1999. Handbook of Zoology: Bd. 4. Arthropoda: Insecta. Teilbd. 35, Lepidoptera, moths and butterflies. Vol. 1. Evolution, systematics, and biogeography. W.de Gruyter, Berlin.
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