2011-05-01

Agdistis frankeniae

Agdistis frankeniae

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

Agdistis frankeniae is a moth in the Pterophoridae family. 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.

The wingspan is about 29 mm.

The larvae feed on and species.

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