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Agathiphaga queenslandensis

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Agathiphaga queenslandensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Agathiphagidae
Genus: Agathiphaga
Species:
A. queenslandensis
Binomial name
Agathiphaga queenslandensis

Agathiphaga queenslandensis is a moth of the family Agathiphagidae. It is found along the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.

The wingspan is about 13 mm.

In both the male and female A. queenslandensis, there are ten types of sensilla: Bohm's bristles, Chaetica I, Chaetica II, Squamiformia, Trichodea, Biforked basiconica, Short basiconica, Coeloconica I, Coeloconica II, and Coeloconic III.

In the female A. queenslandensis they have forty-seven segments, such as the scapes and pedicel on their antenna, which measures to be 3.84 mm long. The two segments are known to be covered in scales in the front and back of their bodies.

The larvae feed on Agathis robusta.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Dumbleton, Lionel Jack (January 1952). "A new genus of seed-infesting micropterygid moths" (PDF). Pacific Science. 6: 23. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory". Environment.gov.au. 2008-10-09. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. ^ Faucheux, Michel J. (1990-01-01). "Antennal sensilla in adult Agathiphaga vitiensis dumbl. and A. queenslandensis dumbl. (Lepidoptera : Agathiphagidae)". International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 19 (5): 257–268. doi:10.1016/0020-7322(90)90011-D. ISSN 0020-7322.
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