Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864b

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 36

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C46D-FFFA-62F6-FAE4FD339C16

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864b
status

 

Agdistis pustulalis Walker, 1864b View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Plume moth or Pterophorid moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Petauke, in Eastern Province ; Kafue, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): A Chenopodiaceae species, Exomis microphylla var. axyrioides (Fenzl ex Moq.) Aellen , is a host plant of the taxon.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2006.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pterophoridae

Genus

Agdistis

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