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Pringleophaga marioni
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Pringleophaga marioni

Pringleophaga marioni (Marion flightless moth or Subantarctic caterpillar) is a moth of the family Tineidae. 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.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 685044.