Agdistis intermedia

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Agdistis intermedia
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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]
Synonyms
  • Adactyla benneti var. intermediaCaradja, 1920
  • Agdistis hungaricaAmsel, 1955 [2]
  • Agdistis singulaArenberger, 1995

Agdistis intermedia is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from Hungary and Romania east to Russia and Kazakhstan. [1] [2]

Contents

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.

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References

  1. 1 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): 61. doi:10.57065/shilap.188. ISSN   0300-5267. S2CID   253515578 . Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Gielis, Cees (2003). "Catalogue of the Superfamily Pterophoroidea". World Catalogue of Insects 4: Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera). Apollo Books. Retrieved 10 September 2022.


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