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Welcome to Daves Moth and Butterfly World -
Superfamily: Dudgeoneidae

Welcome to Dave McCormick's Moth and Butterfly World. Here is information on the Superfamily, Dudgeoneidae and its subfamilies.

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Information

This family of moths are known as Dungeon Carpenter Moths and have only one genus, Dudgeonea. It is a small genus of moths and includes six species distributed sparsely across the Old World from Africa and Madagascar to Australia and New Guinea.

The genus is poorly studied, but the Australian Dudgeonea actinias tunnels in trunks of Canthium attenuatum (Rubiaceae) and the pupa is extruded like many other internal feeders.


Subfamilies in this Superfamily

None


List of Species We Have Photos and Information On

Dungeon Carpenter Moths

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Other Moths in this Family

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