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Agdistis danutae

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Species of plume moth

Agdistis danutae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species: A. danutae
Binomial name
Agdistis danutae
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009

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

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing in April.

Etymology

The species is named after Dr Danuta J. Plisko of Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.

References

  1. ^ Kovtunovich, V. N. & Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya. (2009). "New species and records of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Agdistinae) from Southern Africa". Amurian Zoological Journal. 1 (1): 37–44. doi:10.33910/1999-4079-2009-1-1-37-44.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Agdistis danutae Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Agdistis danutae


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