Agdistis heydeni
Agdistis heydeni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from western Asia, southern Europe, Hungary, Poland, North Africa and the Canary Islands.
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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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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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