Biology:Agdistis paralia
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Short description: Species of plume moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Agdistis |
| Species: | A. paralia
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| Binomial name | |
| Agdistis paralia (Zeller, 1847)[1]
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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]
Adults are on wing from April to September.
The larvae feed on Limonium serotinum and Limonium densissimum.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Contribution to the Knowledge of the Pterophoridae from Pantano Longarini (South-Eastern Sicily)
- ↑ 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 ☰ Q4691776 entry
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