Genus Coniopteryx Curtis, 1834

Type species: Coniopteryx (Coniopteryx) tineiformis Curtis, 1834

Coniopteryx has a worldwide distribution. Considering the new species herein described, this genus includes 222 species in six subgenera ( Coniopteryx s. str., Holoconiopteryx, Metaconiopteryx, Protoconiopteryx, Scotoconiopteryx, and Xeroconiopteryx), with sixteen species recorded in Mexico (cf., Sziráki 2011, 2015; Martins & Amorim 2016).