Agonoxeninae

The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.

History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus Agonoxena – if (e.g. following Nielsen et al., 1996). Such a monotypic arrangement is fairly unusual in modern taxonomy without explicit need due to phylogenetic constraints.

Hodges (in Kristensen, 1999) retained the Blastodacnidae in the Agonoxenidae, giving a grouping of some 31 genera, and treating the whole as a subfamily Agonoxeninae of the grass-miner moths (Elachistidae). Collectively, the Agonoxenidae and "Blastodacnidae" are known as palm moths.

Genera

 * Agonoxena Meyrick, 1921
 * Asymphorodes (formerly in Cosmopterigidae)
 * Cladobrostis
 * Diacholotis
 * Gnamptonoma
 * Helcanthica
 * Ischnopsis
 * Nanodacna
 * Nicanthes
 * Pammeces Zeller, 1863 (formerly in Cosmopterigidae)
 * Pauroptila
 * Porotica
 * Proterocosma (formerly in Cosmopterigidae)

Former genera
Blastodacna, Dystebenna, Haplochrois, Heinemannia and Spuleria are sometimes placed here, sometimes in the Elachistidae (or Blastodacnidae).

Other genera formerly placed here:
 * Chrysoclista
 * Colonophora
 * Glaucacna
 * Palaeomystella
 * Panclintis
 * Prochola
 * Tocasta Busck, 1912
 * Zaratha