Oecophoridae and Hawaii in an attempt to control the European gorse ("Ulex europaeus"), and the defoliating hemlock moth ("Agonopterix alstroemeriana") has been used against "Conium maculatum" poison hemlock in the United States. Oecophoridae Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this. Also possibly included is the Peruvian species "Auxotricha ochrogypsa", described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 as the sole member of its genus. In the past, the family was circumscribed more widely and
Bane (plant) Bane (plant) The term bane (from , meaning "thing causing death, poison"), in botany, is an archaic element in the common names of plants known to be toxic or poisonous. In the Middle Ages, several poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum were thought to have or prophylactic qualities, repelling and protecting against that which they were "banes" to (e.g. "Henbane", "Wolfsbane"). There is no single species, genus, or family of poisonous plant exclusively referred to as "banes". Several unrelated plants bear the name. In medieval Europe, the toxic entheogen Aconitine was believed to prevent werewolves from undergoing their dire transformations.