Fiji kauri moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Agathiphagidae |
Genus: | Agathiphaga |
Species: | A. vitiensis |
Binomial name | |
Agathiphaga vitiensis Dumbleton, 1952 |
Agathiphaga vitiensis, or the Fiji kauri moth, is a moth of the Agathiphagidae family. 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.
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.