Alabonia Explained

Alabonia is a genus of gelechioid moths. Here, it is placed within the subfamily Oecophorinae of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Alternatively it has been placed in the Elachistidae or Depressariinae together with its presumed closest relatives. It has also been proposed to separate Alabonia and closely related genera as a subfamily Enicostominae (after the junior synonym of Alabonia), but this has generally not been followed by recent authors regardless of where they placed the present genus.^[1]

Species include:^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

• Alabonia chapmani Walsingham, 1903
• Alabonia geoffrella
• Alabonia herculeella Walsingham, 1903
• Alabonia staintoniella (Zeller, 1850)
• Alabonia superior Rebel, 1917

Junior synonyms of Alabonia are:^[8]

• Enicostoma Stephens, 1829
• Henicostoma Agassiz, 1847 (unjustified emendation)

References

• (2004): Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species – Alabonia. Version of 2004-NOV-05. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.
• (2001): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms  - Alabonia. Version of 2001-NOV-07. Retrieved 2010-APR-27.

Notes and References

1. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2002)
2. Web site: Species Alabonia chapmani. Walsingham, 1903.. 2008. IBERFAUNA. El Banco de Datos de la Fauna Ibérica..
3. Web site: Alabonia geoffrella (Linnaeus, 1767). NBN ATLAS PARTNERSHIP.
4. Web site: Species Alabonia herculeella. Walsingham, 1903.. 2008. IBERFAUNA. El Banco de Datos de la Fauna Ibérica.
5. Web site: Alabonia staintoniella (Zeller, 1850). Fauna Europaea Secretariat.
6. Web site: Alabonia superior Rebel, 1917. Khramov. Peter. Insecta.pro: international entomological community.
7. See references in Savela (2002)
8. Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)