Biology:Pringleophaga marioni

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Short description: Species of moth

Pringleophaga marioni
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Pringleophaga
Species:
P. marioni
Binomial name
Pringleophaga marioni
Viette, 1968

Pringleophaga marioni (Marion flightless moth or Subantarctic caterpillar) is a moth of the family Tineidae.[1] It is endemic to Marion Island.[2] Beside being unable to fly, this moth species is notable because of its ability to resist temperatures that are so low, that they would kill most other species.[3]

References

  1. Chown, Steven L.; Convey, Peter (2016-03-01). "Antarctic Entomology.". Annual Review of Entomology 61: 119–137. doi:10.1146/ANNUREV-ENTO-010715-023537. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31059144. 
  2. Sinclair, Brent J; Chown, Steven L (2006-03-22). "Caterpillars benefit from thermal ecosystem engineering by wandering albatrosses on sub-Antarctic Marion Island" (in en). Biology Letters 2 (1): 51–54. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2005.0384. ISSN 1744-9561. PMID 17148324. 
  3. Sinclair, B. J. (2004-03-15). "Metabolism of the sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga marioni during cooling, freezing and thawing" (in en). Journal of Experimental Biology 207 (8): 1287–1294. doi:10.1242/jeb.00880. ISSN 0022-0949. http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/doi/10.1242/jeb.00880. 

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