Asymphorodes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Elachistidae
Subfamilia: Agonoxeninae
Genus: Asymphorodes
Species: A. acerba – A. acritopterus – A. acrophrictis – A. admiranda – A. adynatus – A. aenigma – A. albicoma – A. amblysoma – A. aporema – A. aporia – A. balanotis – A. bipunctatus – A. canicoma – A. chalcozona – A. cicatricula – A. circopis – A. cirsodes – A. coesyrias – A. diamphidius – A. ergodes – A. holoporphyra – A. ingravescens – A. interstincta – A. lenticula – A. leptotes – A. leucoterma – A. mediostriatus – A. monoxesta – A. myronota – A. nebrias – A. nephocirca – A. ochrogramma – A. oculisignis – A. phaeochorda – A. plectographa – A. poliopterus – A. polluta – A. porphyrarcha – A. remigiata – A. seminiger – A. sericeus – A. sphenocopa – A. trichogramma – A. valligera – A. xanthostola – A. xestophanes
Name

Asymphorodes Meyrick, 1929

Type species: Asymphorodes valligera Meyrick, 1929 by original designation.
References

Clarke, J.F.G., 1986: Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 416: 1–485. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.416

Asymphorodes is a gelechioid moth genus in subfamily Agonoxeninae of the palm moth family (Agonoxenidae), whose taxonomic status is disputed. Alternatively, the palm moths might be a subfamily of the grass-miner moth family (Elachistidae), with the Agonoxeninae becoming a tribe Agonoxenini.

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
See also: Glossary of entomology terms and Lepidoptera genitalia

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 genitals are generally similar to those of cosmet moths, but this may be a symplesiomorphy. The vinculum is variously developed and the valvae thus attach variously far from the tegumen, though often quite closely. The gnathos is typically two-armed, but one of the arms may be underdeveloped or even missing altogether. The right manica is vestigial or missing, while the left one is set tightly against the aedeagus. Most characteristically though, the eighth sternal and fourth to seventh abdominal segments are modified, the former forming epitygmata ("genital flaps"). Like in some related moths, the males also have a tuft of hairs on the hindwing underside, which can be folded into a pocket in the wing cell. The uncus (in males) and signum (in females) are usually absent. As regards other features of the female genitals, the ovipositor is long while the 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 semileuteus J.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

Clarke (1986)

References

Clarke, John Frederick Gates (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1-485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)