Agdistis frankeniae

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Agdistis frankeniae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species:
A. frankeniae
Binomial name
Agdistis frankeniae
(Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agdistis tondeuri Agdistis rupestris
  • Agdistis kulunda Adactyla frankeniae
  • Zeller, 1847 Zagulajev, 1996
  • Ustjuzhanin, 1991 Bigot, 1963
  • Agdistis lerinsis Agdistis bahrlutia
  • Millière, 1875 Bigot, 1974
  • Agdistis urmijensis Amsel, 1955
  • Zagulajev & Filippova, 1976 Agdistis rjabovi

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.[2]

The wingspan is about 29 mm.

The larvae feed on Limonium minutum and Frankenia species.

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Agdistis frankeniae (Zeller, 1847)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. ^ A new species, a new synonym, and new distribution records in the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 from Iran (Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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