Agdistis capensis

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Agdistinae
Genus: Agdistis
Species: Agdistis capensis

Name edit

Agdistis capensis Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010

Type locality: South Africa, Cape Town.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. genitalia prep. no. 22885. 28-31.III.1965. leg. C.G.C. Dickson.

References edit

  • Kovtunovich, V. & P. Ustjuzhanin, 2010: New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from Southern Africa.5. Amurian Zoological Journal 2 (4): 298–299. Full article: [1]