Agdistis heydeni
| Agdistis heydeni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Agdistis |
| Species: | A. heydeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Agdistis heydeni (Zeller, 1852) | |
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Agdistis heydeni is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from western Asia, southern Europe, Hungary, Poland, North Africa and the Canary Islands.
The larvae feed on Atriplex halimus and Stachys glutinosa. Other recorded foodplants include Lamium, Origanum, Calamintha and Phlomis species.
Subspecies
- Agdistis heydeni heydeni
- Agdistis heydeni canariensis Rebel, 1896 (Canary Islands)
References
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
- Faunistische Daten zur Verbreitung der Pterophoridae auf der Iberischen Halbinsel (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
- papillon-poitou-charentes
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