Agdistis flavissima

Agdistis flavissima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Agdistis
Species:	A. flavissima
Binomial name
	Agdistis flavissima; Caradja, 1920[1]

Agdistis flavissima is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known to occur in China (Xinjiang[2]), Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and European Russia.[1]

Appearance and behaviour

Agdistis flavissima often occurs in the same locations as Agdistis ingens, which it resembles in outward appearance but not genitals.[1] It is a large plume moth.[1]

References

Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 60. ISSN 0300-5267. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
Hao, S.; Li, H. (2003). "A taxonomic study of the genus Agdistis HÜBNER, [1825] 1816 from China, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae)" (PDF). Quadrifina. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

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[Nupponen-2022-1] Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 60. ISSN 0300-5267. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

[Hao-2003-2] Hao, S.; Li, H. (2003). "A taxonomic study of the genus Agdistis HÜBNER, [1825] 1816 from China, with description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae)" (PDF). Quadrifina. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2022.