Agdistis intermedia
Species of plume moth
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Agdistis intermedia is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from Hungary and Romania east to Russia and Kazakhstan.[1][2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Agdistis |
| Species: | A. intermedia |
| Binomial name | |
| Agdistis intermedia Caradja, 1920[1] | |
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Its wingspan measures 24–30 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Limonium vulgare.[2]
Original description
As Adactyla benneti var. intermedia, in Caradja, Aristides (1920). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Mikrolepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunen- gebietes nebst Beschreibung neuer Formen. III Teil". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris. 34: 88.
