''Adeana'' is a gelechioid moth

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

usually placed in the

cosmet moth The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidopt ...

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

(Cosmopterigidae),

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Cosmopteriginae. Only a single

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

is known, ''Adeana leucoxantha''. It occurs in southern

Polynesia Polynesia ( , ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are called Polynesians. They have many things in ...

. This genus may be allied to the enigmatic '' Clarkeophlebia argentea'' (another Polynesian species) and/or ''

Asymphorodes ''Asymphorodes'' is a genus in the subfamily Cosmopteriginae of the cosmet moth family (Cosmopterigidae). 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.Clar ...

'' and/or ''

Labdia ''Labdia'' is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae. Species * ''Labdia acmostacta'' Meyrick, 1932 (Java) * ''Labdia acroplecta'' (Meyrick, 1915) (Sri Lanka) * ''Labdia aeolochorda'' Meyrick, 1927 (Samoa) * ''Labdia albilineella'' (van ...

'' (where ''A. leucoxantha'' was originally placed). ''Asymphorodes'', however, has more recently been assigned to the palm moths of the (somewhat disputed) family Agonoxenidae. This may thus be correct for ''Adeana'' (and ''Clarkeophlebia'') too.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Cosmopteriginae Monotypic moth genera Moths of Oceania Cosmopterigidae genera {{Cosmopteriginae-stub