Agdistis varii

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

Agdistis varii is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa (Mpumalanga, Limpopo) and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. Adults are on wing from February to May.

Etymology

The species is named after Dr L. Vari, head of the Lepidoptera Department, Transvaal Museum (Pretoria).

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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 varii Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 7 August 2024.