Agdistis potgieteri

Last updated

Agdistis potgieteri
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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. Adults are on wing from the end of August to January.

Etymology

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

Related Research Articles

Agdistis heydeni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from western Asia, southern Europe, Hungary, Poland, North Africa and the Canary Islands.

Agdistis frankeniae is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found from Siberia through Central Asia, the northern parts of Asia and North Africa along the Mediterranean and in the west from the Canary Islands to southern France.

<i>Agdistis adactyla</i> Species of plume moth

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 africana is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa. This species is known only from the type locality, the Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park.

Agdistis cretifera is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.

Agdistis dentalis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

Agdistis gibberipennis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

Agdistis lomholdti is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.

Agdistis malitiosa is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known to be from Namibia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Agdistis malleana is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Swaziland.

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

Agdistis pustulalis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.

Agdistis reciprocans is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

Agdistis spinosa is a moth in the family Pterophoridae from South Africa and Namibia.

Agdistis tsumkwe is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.

Agdistis varii is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Agdistis danutae is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Namibia.

Agdistis endrodyi is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

Agdistis krooni is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

Agdistis kruegeri is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

References