Agdistis paralia

Agdistis paralia is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Spain, France, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Greece, Israel, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.[2] It has also been recorded from China (Gansu).[3]

Agdistis paralia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species:
A. paralia
Binomial name
Agdistis paralia
(Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Adactyla paralia Zeller, 1847

Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Limonium serotinum and Limonium densissimum.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Contribution to the Knowledge of the Pterophoridae from Pantano Longarini (South-Eastern Sicily)
  3. A taxonomic study of the genus Agdistis Hubner, [1825] 1816 from China, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae)


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