Agdistis obstinata

Agdistis obstinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Agdistis
Species:	A. obstinata
Binomial name
	Agdistis obstinata; Meyrick, 1920

Last updated December 17, 2025

Agdistis obstinata is a moth in the family Pterophoridae.^[1]^[2] It is known from South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Ethiopia.^[2]

References

1 2 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 7 August 2024.
1 2 Kovtunovich, V. N. & Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya. (2009). "New species and records of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Agdistinae) from Southern Africa". Amurian Zoological Journal. 1 (1): 37–44. doi: 10.33910/1999-4079-2009-1-1-37-44 .

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[Afromoths-1] 1 2 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Agdistis obstinata Meyrick, 1920". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 7 August 2024.

[Kovtunovich_&_Ustjuzhanin_2009-2] 1 2 Kovtunovich, V. N. & Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya. (2009). "New species and records of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Agdistinae) from Southern Africa". Amurian Zoological Journal. 1 (1): 37–44. doi: 10.33910/1999-4079-2009-1-1-37-44 .

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