Agathiphaga vitiensis

Fiji kauri moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Agathiphagidae
Genus:	Agathiphaga
Species:	A. vitiensis
Binomial name
	Agathiphaga vitiensis; Dumbleton, 1952

Agathiphaga vitiensis, or the Fiji kauri moth,^[2] is a moth of the family Agathiphagidae. It is found from Fiji to Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.

The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. The forewings are long, dorsally dark greyish-brown with fine white hairs, a light yellowish-brown patch on the anal area and a smaller patch of similar colour on the posterior margin.^[1]

The larvae feed on Agathis vitiensis. The full-grown larva is about 6 mm long and 2.5 mm wide. It is stoutly built and not flattened. They are yellowish in colour.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Dumbleton, Lionel Jack (January 1952). "A new genus of seed-infesting micropterygid moths" (PDF). Pacific Science. 6: 23. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
^ "Agathiphaga vitiensis (Fiji kauri moth)". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2013.

External links[]

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.

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[Dumbleton-1] Dumbleton, Lionel Jack (January 1952). "A new genus of seed-infesting micropterygid moths" (PDF). Pacific Science. 6: 23. Retrieved 2011-10-18.

[2] "Agathiphaga vitiensis (Fiji kauri moth)". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2013.

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