Agathiphaga
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Agathiphagoidea
N. P. Kristensen, 1967
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Agathiphagidae
N. P. Kristensen, 1967
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Agathiphaga
Dumbleton, 1952
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Agathiphaga is a genus of moths in the family Agathiphagidae, known as kauri moths. This caddis fly-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 larva has 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.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Agathiphaga |
- Agathiphaga at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Agathiphaga queenslandensis at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Agathiphaga vitiensis at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Agathiphagidae Tree of Life Web Project
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