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Agdistis kruegeri

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Species of plume moth

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

Agdistis kruegeri is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal).

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from October to November.

Etymology

The species is named after Dr Martin Krüger (Transvaal Museum, Pretoria).

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 kruegeri Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Agdistis kruegeri


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