Species Agathiphaga queenslandensis Dumbleton, 1952

Museums

Regional Maps

• Agathiphaga queenslandensis Dumbleton, L.J. 1952. A new genus of seed-infesting micropterygid moths. Pacific Science 6: 17-29 [23].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♀ (mounted on microscope slides), Maryborough, Qld.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Larva feeding in the seed and pupating within the seed after long diapause. Larval foodplant: Agathis robusta, Kauri Pine, (Araucariaceae).