Agonoxena argaula
| Agonoxena argaula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Agonoxena |
| Species: | A. argaula
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| Binomial name | |
| Agonoxena argaula Meyrick, 1921
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Agonoxena argaula, or the coconut flat moth, is a moth of the family Agonoxenidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1921 from Fiji and is also known also from Guam, the New Hebrides, Tonga, Samoa, Ellice, Wallis, Futuna, and the Palmyra Atoll. It was first recorded in Hawaii in 1949. It is artificially spread by commerce.
External links
[edit]- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.