Biology:Agdistis flavissima
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Short description: Species of plume moth
| Agdistis flavissima | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Agdistis |
| Species: | A. flavissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Agdistis flavissima Caradja, 1920[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45570566011. 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)"]. Quadrifina 6. http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Quad_6_0153-0158.pdf. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
Wikidata ☰ Q4691724 entry
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