Agathiphaga vitiensis

Fiji kauri moth
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Agathiphagidae
Genus:	Agathiphaga
Species:	A. vitiensis
Binomial name
Agathiphaga vitiensis Dumbleton, 1952 [1]

Agathiphaga vitiensis, ^[2] or the Fiji kauri moth, ^[3] is a moth of the family Agathiphagidae. It is found from Fiji to Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.

Description

The length of the forewings is about 4 mm. ^[1]

The larvae feed on Agathis vitiensis . The full-grown larva is about 6 mm long and 2.5 mm wide. ^[1]

Sensilla Morphology

A. vitiensis, like its relative A. queenslandensis , possesses ten different types of sensilla, which include: Bohm's bristles, Chaetica I and II, Squamiformia, Trichodea, Biforked basiconica, short basiconica, and Coeloconica I, II, and III. Both sexes of A. vitiensis possess all ten types of these sensilla, and the size of each is relatively similar in size with the exception of Chaetica I (longer in females by an average of 12.8 μm) and Trichodea (longer in males by an average of 7.8 μm).

References

1. Dumbleton, Lionel Jack (January 1952). "A new genus of seed-infesting micropterygid moths" (PDF). Pacific Science. 6: 23. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
2. Faucheux, Michel J. (January 1990). "Antennal sensilla in adult Agathiphaga vitiensis dumbl. and A. queenslandensis dumbl. (Lepidoptera : Agathiphagidae)" . International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 19 (5–6): 257–268. doi:10.1016/0020-7322(90)90011-d. ISSN   0020-7322.
3. "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.