Agdistis potgieteri

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

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

The wingspan is 27–32 mm. The forewings are grey with four dark dots, two in the discal area and at the costal margin. The other two are found in the middle part and on the base of the wing. The hindwings are uniformly grey. Adults are on wing from the end of August to January.

Etymology

The species is named after its collector J.H. Potgieter.

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