Agdistis manicata

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Agdistis manicata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species:
A. manicata
Binomial name
Agdistis manicata
Staudinger, 1859 [1]
Synonyms
  • Agdistis gigasTurati, 1924
  • Agdistis lutescensTurati, 1927
  • Agdistis tunesiellaAmsel, 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. [2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are bright grey. [3]

The larvae feed on Limoniastrum monopetalum .

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Agdistis adactyla is a moth species in the family Pterophoridae, and the type species of genus Agdistis. It is known from most of the Palearctic realm, where it occurs from central and south-western Europe and North Africa to eastern Asia.

Agdistis hartigi is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from southern Spain, Italy, Greece and Tunisia.

Agdistis paralia is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Greece, Israel, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. It has also been recorded from China (Gansu).

Agdistis symmetrica is a moth belonging to the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Malta and Tunisia.

Agdistis ingens is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from southern Russia, China (Gansu), Mongolia, Tadzhikistan, Kirghistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.

Agdistis flavissima is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known to occur in China (Xinjiang), Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and European Russia.

Agdistis neglecta is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Spain, Portugal, southern France, the Balearic Islands, Corsica, mainland Italy and Sardinia.

Agdistis nigra is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Cyprus and Israel.

Agdistis pseudocanariensis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Spain and the Canary Islands.

Agdistis pygmaea is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Israel.

Agdistis asthenes is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Mongolia and Kazakhstan.

Agdistis maghrebi is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Algeria.

Agdistis sphinx is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Algeria and Morocco.

Agdistis mevlaniella is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Anatolia.

Agdistis karabachica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey.

<i>Stenoptilia nolckeni</i> Species of plume moth

Stenoptilia nolckeni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Finland and northern Russia. It has also been recorded from Korea and China.

Agdistis falkovitshi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Turkmenistan, Russia and Kazakhstan.

Agdistis rubasiensis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Russia, as well as Azerbaijan. In Azerbaijan, it is found in saline habitats.

Tabulaephorus maracandicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The species was first described in 1998, by Ernst Arenberger and Ulf Buchsbaum, from two female specimens from Uzbekistan. An additional specimen was described from Tajikistan in 2001. Male genitalia were first described in 2022.

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.