贝壳杉蛾属
贝壳杉蛾属 | |
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科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 节肢动物门 Arthropoda |
纲: | 昆虫纲 Insecta |
目: | 鳞翅目 Lepidoptera |
科: | 贝壳杉蛾科 Agathiphagidae |
属: | 贝壳杉蛾属 Agathiphaga Dumbleton, 1952 |
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贝壳杉蛾属(Agathiphaga)是贝壳杉蛾总科(Agathiphagoidea)贝壳杉蛾科(Agathiphagidae)下唯一的属,其亲缘关系很像石蛾。1952年,由莱昂纳·杰克·杜布莱顿首次发现,并被列为小翅蛾科的一个属。[1]
该属的蛾只以贝壳杉属植物为食,现在被认为是仅次于小翅蛾科生物的第二古老的蛾。[2] 在滞育期,可以幼虫形态生活12年。[3]
其下有两个种,Agathiphaga queenslandensis只发现于昆士兰州东北部沿海,幼虫以昆士兰贝壳杉为食。[4] 另一个种Agathiphaga vitiensis发现于斐济至瓦努阿图及所罗门群岛等太平洋诸岛。
参考文献
- ^ Lionel Jack Dumbleton. A new genus of seed-infesting micropterygid moths (PDF). Pacific Science. 1952, 6: 17–29 [2013-05-17]. (原始内容存档 (PDF)于2021-01-19).
- ^ N. P. Kristensen. The non-Glossatan moths. N. P. Kristensen (编). Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology. A Natural History of the phyla of the Animal Kingdom. Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Part 35. Walter de Gruyter. 1999: 41–49.
- ^ M. S. Upton. A twelve-year larval diapause in the Queensland kauri moth, Agathiphaga queenslandiae Dumbleton (Lepidoptera: Agathiphagidae). The Entomologist. 1997, 116: 142–143.
- ^ Species Agathiphaga queenslandensis Dumbleton, 1952. Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. October 9, 2008 [August 31, 2010]. (原始内容存档于2011-04-05).
外部链接
- Agathiphaga at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Agathiphaga queenslandensis at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Agathiphaga vitiensis at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Agathiphagidae (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) Tree of Life Web Project
- Agathiphaga queenslandensis Dumbleton, 1952. Australian Moths Online. CSIRO Entomology. [2013-05-17]. (原始内容存档于2006-09-03).