Agdistis paralia
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Agdistis |
Species: | A. paralia
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Binomial name | |
Agdistis paralia | |
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Agdistis paralia is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Greece, Israel, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.[2] It has also been recorded from China (Gansu).[3]
Adults are on wing from April to September.
The larvae feed on Limonium serotinum and Limonium densissimum.
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Contribution to the Knowledge of the Pterophoridae from Pantano Longarini (South-Eastern Sicily)
- ^ Hao, S.; Li, H. (2003). "A taxonomic study of the genus Agdistis HÜBNER, [1825] 1816 from China, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae)" (PDF). Quadrifina. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 9 September 2022.