Agnoea


Agnoea is a genus of butterflies in the moth family Lypusidae. There are more than 20 described species in Agnoea.

Taxonomy

Recent research has shown that the genus Pseudatemelia is one of those close to Lypusa, the type of the family Lypusidae. As a result, the genus Pseudatemelia has been dissolved and the species previously assigned to it transferred to the genus Agnoea.

Distribution

These moths are present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Agnoea: