Agdistis (moth)

Sole genus of plume moth subfamily Agdistinae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Agdistis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is the only genus in the Agdistinae subfamily which was described by J. W. Tutt in 1906.[1]

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Agdistis
Agdistis linnaei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Agdistinae
Tutt, 1906
Genus: Agdistis
Hübner, [1825]
Synonyms
  • Adactylus Curtis, 1833
  • Adactyla Zeller, 1841
  • Ernestia Tutt, 1907
  • Herbertia Turr, 1907
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Species

Version 1.1.23.125 of the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Agdistis:[1]

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