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Agathiphaga vitiensis

Fiji kauri moth
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.



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