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Genus of moths
Agathiphaga is a
genus of
moths , known as kauri moths. and is the only living genus in the family Agathiphagidae . This
caddisfly -like
lineage of primitive moths was first reported by
Lionel Jack Dumbleton in 1952, as a new
genus of
Micropterigidae .
[1]
The caterpillars feed only on "kauri" (
Agathis ) and are currently considered the second most primitive living lineage of moths after
Micropterigoidea .
[2] The
larvae have been reported to be able to survive for 12 years in
diapause ,
[3] durability possibly a prerequisite to its possible dispersion around the Pacific islands in the seeds of Agathis .
Dumbleton
described two species.
Agathiphaga queenslandensis is found along the north-eastern coast of
Queensland ,
Australia , and its larvae feed on
Agathis robusta .
[4]
Agathiphaga vitiensis is found from
Fiji to
Vanuatu and the
Solomon Islands , and its larvae feed on
Agathis vitiensis .
A fossil member of Agathiphagidae,
Agathiphagama , is known from the
Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to the early
Cenomanian stage of the
Late Cretaceous , approximately 99 million years ago.
[5]
References
^
Lionel Jack Dumbleton (1952).
"A new genus of seed-infesting micropterygid moths" (PDF) .
Pacific Science . 6 : 17–29.
^ N. P. Kristensen (1999). "The non-Glossatan moths". In N. P. Kristensen (ed.). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography . Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Part 35.
Walter de Gruyter . pp. 41–49.
^ M. S. Upton (1997). "A twelve-year larval diapause in the Queensland kauri moth, Agathiphaga queenslandiae Dumbleton (Lepidoptera: Agathiphagidae)".
The Entomologist . 116 : 142–143.
^
"Species Agathiphaga queenslandensis Dumbleton, 1952" .
Australian Faunal Directory .
Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts . October 9, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2010 .
^ Mey, Wolfram; Léger, Théo; Lien, Vu Van (2021-10-03).
"New taxa of extant and fossil primitive moths in South-East Asia and their biogeographic significance (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae, Agathiphagidae, Lophocoronidae)" . Nota Lepidopterologica . 44() : 29–56.
doi :
10.3897/nl.44.52350 .
ISSN
2367-5365 .
External links
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003).
"Agathiphaga " .
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index .
Natural History Museum .
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003).
"Agathiphaga queenslandensis " .
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index .
Natural History Museum .
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003).
"Agathiphaga vitiensis " .
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index .
Natural History Museum .
Agathiphagidae
Tree of Life Web Project
"Agathiphaga queenslandensis Dumbleton, 1952" . Australian Moths Online .
CSIRO Entomology. Archived from
the original on 2006-09-03.
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