Asymphorodes
Asymphorodes is a genus in the subfamily Cosmopteriginae of the cosmet moth family. It is placed here based on the presence of pleural lobes on the 8th sternite of the males, which is an apomorphy for the cosmet family. Asymphorodes are found in southern Polynesia as well as the Hawaiian and the Solomon Islands, and are notable for their adaptive radiation on the Marquesas Islands.
Description
These small moths come in a diverse range of more or less subdued colors and in their natural range can usually be distinguished by their wing venation: In the forewings, vein 1b is forked and vein 1c missing; veins 2 and 3 neither run parallel nor approach at the end, and vein 5 does not emerge from a common stalk with veins 6-8. In addition, like in some related moths the scape is short and bears a comb.
The vinculum is variously developed and the valvae thus attach variously far from the tegumen, though often quite closely. The gnathos is typically two-armed, but one of the arms may be underdeveloped or even missing altogether. The right manica is vestigial or missing, while the left one is set tightly against the aedeagus. Most characteristically though, the eighth sternal and fourth to seventh abdominal segments are modified, the former forming epitygmata. Like in some related moths, the males also have a tuft of hairs on the hindwing underside, which can be folded into a pocket in the wing cell. The uncus and signum are usually absent. As regards other features of the female genitals, the ovipositor is long while the ostium is usually well sclerotized and protrudes, but may be recessed into a deep pit in the seventh sternal segment.
Species of Asymphorodes include:Asymphorodes acerba Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes acritopterus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes acrophrictis Meyrick, 1934Asymphorodes admirandus Meyrick, 1934Asymphorodes adynatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes aenigma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes albicoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes amblysoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes aporema J.F.G. Clarke, 1987Asymphorodes aporia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes astathopis Asymphorodes balanotis Meyrick, 1934Asymphorodes bipunctatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes brevimacula J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes canicoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes chalcocoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes chalcopterus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes chalcosoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes chalcozona Asymphorodes chrysophanes J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes cicatricula J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes circopis Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes cirsodes Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes coesyrias Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes culminis J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes cuneatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes diamphidius J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes didyma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes diffidentia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes dimorpha Asymphorodes emphereia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes ergodes Meyrick, 1934Asymphorodes favilla J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes flexa Asymphorodes fractura J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes hemileucus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes holoporphyra Meyrick, 1934Asymphorodes homosoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes honoria J.F.G.Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes hypostema J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes interstincta Meyrick, 1929 Asymphorodes lenticula J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes leptotes J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes leucoloma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes leucoterma Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes lucerna J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes lucidus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes macrogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes mediostriatus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes melanosoma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes mesoxanthus J.F.G.Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes monoxesta Asymphorodes montgomeryi J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes myronotus Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes nebrias J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes nephocirca Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes nigricornis J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes nuciferae J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes ochrogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes oculisignis Meyrick, 1934Asymphorodes paraporia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes phaeochorda Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes phaeodelta J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes phalarogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes plectographa Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes plemmelia J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes poliopterus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986 Asymphorodes pollutus Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes porphyrarcha Meyrick, 1929 Asymphorodes regina J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes remigiata J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes semileuteus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes seminiger J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes sericeus J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes sphenocopa Meyrick, 1929Asymphorodes spintheropus Asymphorodes spodogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes triaula Asymphorodes trichogramma J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes trigrapha J.F.G. Clarke, 1986Asymphorodes valligera Meyrick, 1929 Asymphorodes xanthostola Meyrick, 1934