Agdistis notabilis

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Agdistis notabilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species:
A. notabilis
Binomial name
Agdistis notabilis
Gielis & Karsholt, 2009 [1]

Agdistis notabilis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It was first described in 2009 after specimens collected from near Tarrafal, northern Santiago Island, Cape Verde. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Agdistis notabilis Gielis & Karsholt, 2009". Afromoths. Archived from the original on November 24, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
  2. Gielis, C.; Karsholt, O. (2009). "Additional records of Pterophoridae from the Cape Verde Islands, with description of a new species of Agdistis Hübner" (PDF). Nota Lepidopterologica. 32 (2): 139–144.