Agdistis potgieteri

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Agdistis potgieteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species:
A. potgieteri
Binomial name
Agdistis potgieteri
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009

Agdistis potgieteri is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa (Free State, Limpopo, and Western and Northern Cape).[1]

The wingspan is 27–32 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of August to January.

Etymology

The species is named after its collector J.H. Potgieter.

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