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Opogona
Sign in to saveOpogona 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 103
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Tineidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Exception - Quarantine Capture
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- taxon name
- Opogona
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- genus
- taxonomic type
- Opogona dimidiatella
- has host
- Protium
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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 (O. sacchari) and to a lesser extent O. omoscopa – have been introduced to Europe.
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