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Agdistis dicksoni

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Species of plume moth

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

Agdistis dicksoni is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa (Western and Northern Cape).

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. Adults are on wing from June to December.

Etymology

The species is named after Dr C.G.C. Dickson, a famous lepidopterologist.

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 dicksoni Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Agdistis dicksoni


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