Agdistis meridionalis

Agdistis meridionalis
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agditis
Species: A. meridionalis
Binomial name
Agdistis meridionalis
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Adactyla meridionalis Zeller, 1847
  • Agdistis staticis Millière, 1875
  • Agdistis portlandica Tutt, 1906
  • Agdistis staticis var. delicatulella Chrétien, 1917
  • Agdistis delicatulella (Chrétien, 1917)
  • Agdistis clivicola Meyrick, 1928
  • Agdistis tyrrhenica Amsel, 1951
  • Agdistis prolai Hartig, 1953

The Sea-side Plume (Agdistis meridionalis) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of southern Europe.

The wingspan is 22-25 mm. Adults are on wing July to October, in two generations.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Limonium binervosum.

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