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Agdistis manicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species: A. manicata
Binomial name
Agdistis manicata
Staudinger, 1859
Synonyms
  • Agdistis gigas Turati, 1924
  • Agdistis lutescens Turati, 1927
  • Agdistis tunesiella Amsel, 1955

Agdistis manicata is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from France, Portugal, Spain, southern Russia, Libya and Tunisia. In 2019, the species was found in Azerbaijan for the first time.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are bright grey.

The larvae feed on Limoniastrum monopetalum.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 62. ISSN 0300-5267. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. "Die palaearktischen Agdistis -Arten (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-04. Retrieved 2011-04-01.
Taxon identifiers
Agdistis manicata


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