Agdistis is a deity of Greek, Roman, and Anatolian mythology who has both male and female reproductive organs. They were closely associated with the Phrygian goddess Cybele.
Attis was the consort of Cybele, in Phrygian and Greek mythology.
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
In Greek mythology, Nana ( is a daughter of the Phrygian river-god Sangarius, identified with the river Sakarya located in present-day Turkey.
Agdistis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is the only genus in the Agdistinae subfamily which was described by J. W. Tutt in 1906.
Agdistis meridionalis, the sea-side plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is found in Europe.
Agdistis bennetii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Europe. It inhabits salt marshes.
Agdistis tamaricis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Africa, Asia and Europe. It was first described by the German entomologist, Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847.
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.
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 nanodes is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen.
Agdistis arabica is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Israel, Iran, Pakistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt and Pakistan.
Agdistis gibberipennis is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.
Agdistis obstinata is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Ethiopia.
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.
Orthotylus salsolae is a species of bug from the Miridae family that can be found in France, Spain, and the island of Sicily.
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