Pringleophaga marioni

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

The Marion Flightless Moth or Sub-Antarctic Caterpillar (Pringleophaga marioni) is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is endemic to Marion Island.

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.

External links

• Caterpillars benefit from thermal ecosystem engineering by wandering albatrosses on sub-Antarctic Marion Island
• Metabolism of the sub-Antarctic caterpillar Pringleophaga marioni during cooling, freezing and thawing

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