Opogona
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.
They are most common in the tropical parts of the world; for example, from Australia, almost thirty species are known. Two members of this genus - the banana moth and to a lesser extent O. omoscopa - have been introduced to Europe.
Selected species
The numerous species of Opogona include:Opogona aemula Meyrick, 1915 Opogona amphicausta Meyrick, 1907 Opogona anaclina Meyrick, 1915 Opogona arizonensis Davis, 1978Opogona asema Opogona aurisquamosa Butler, 1881 Opogona autogama Opogona basilissa Opogona bicolorella Opogona calculata Meyrick, 1919 Opogona caryospila Meyrick, 1920Opogona cataclasta Meyrick, 1915Opogona chalinota Meyrick, 1910 Opogona choleropis Meyrick, 1920 Opogona chrysophanes Meyrick, 1915Opogona citrolopha Meyrick, 1932Opogona citriseca Meyrick, 1928 Opogona cleonyma Opogona clinomima Opogona comptella Opogona confinis Turner, 1926 Opogona conjurata Opogona crypsipyra Turner, 1923 Opogona dimidiatella Zeller, 1853Opogona discordia J.F.G.Clarke, 1986Opogona doxophanes Meyrick, 1915 Opogona dramatica Meyrick, 1911 Opogona elaitis Meyrick, 1911 Opogona fascigera Meyrick, 1915Opogona fatima Meyrick, 1921 Opogona flavofasciata Opogona floridensis Davis, 1978 Opogona fumiceps Opogona glycyphaga Meyrick, 1915 Opogona hylarcha Meyrick, 1928 Opogona icterica Meyrick, 1915 Opogona iolychna Opogona isoclina Meyrick, 1907 Opogona isotalanta Meyrick, 1930Opogona lamprocrossa Meyrick, 1928 Opogona lamprophanes Meyrick, 1915 Opogona liparopis Meyrick, 1922 Opogona loculata Meyrick, 1915 Opogona lutigena Meyrick, 1915 Opogona micranthes Opogona molybdis Meyrick, 1915 Opogona monosticta Opogona nebularis Opogona nipponica Stringer, 1930Opogona omoscopa Meyrick, 1893Opogona orchestris Meyrick, 1911 Opogona orthotis Opogona pandora Meyrick, 1911 Opogona praecincta Meyrick, 1916 Opogona promalacta Meyrick, 1915 Opogona protographa Meyrick, 1911 Opogona protomima Opogona papayae Turner, 1923 Opogona percnodes Meyrick, 1910 Opogona psola Bradley, 1956 Opogona praestans Opogona promalacta Meyrick, 1915 Opogona protodoxa Opogona regressa Meyrick, 1916Opogona rhynchacma Meyrick, 1920 Opogona sacchari ; Spain )Opogona sarophila Meyrick, 1915 Opogona scabricoma Meyrick, 1934 Opogona scalena Opogona simoniella Opogona stathmota Meyrick, 1911 Opogona stenocraspeda Opogona stereodyta Opogona succulenta Meyrick, 1931 Opogona taochroa Meyrick, 1934Opogona tanydora Meyrick, 1920 Opogona tetrasema Opogona tergemina Meyrick, 1915 Opogona thiadelpha Meyrick, 1934Opogona trachyclina Meyrick, 1935Opogona transversata Bippus, 2016 Opogona trichoceros Meyrick, 1930Opogona trigonomis Meyrick, 1907 Opogona trissostacta Meyrick, 1934Opogona tristicta Opogona trophis Meyrick, 1913 Opogona ursella Opogona vilis Opogona xanthocrita Meyrick, 1911Opogona zygodonta Meyrick, 1931Some species have been removed from the present genus. For example, O. panchalcella is now in Wegneria.