Agdistis potgieteri

Agdistis potgieteri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Agdistis
Species:	A. potgieteri
Binomial name
	Agdistis potgieteri; Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009

Last updated August 08, 2024

Agdistis potgieteri is a moth in the family Pterophoridae.^[1]^[2] It is known from South Africa (Free State, Limpopo, and Western and Northern Cape).^[1]

The wingspan is 27–32 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of August to January.^[1]

Etymology

The species is named after its collector J.H. Potgieter.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 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 .
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Agdistis potgieteri Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 7 August 2024.

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[Kovtunovich_&_Ustjuzhanin_2009-1] 1 2 3 4 5 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 .

[Afromoths-2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Agdistis potgieteri Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 7 August 2024.

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