Agdistis violaceus

Taxonavigation

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 violaceus

Name

Agdistis violaceus Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010

Type locality: South Africa, Western Cape, 10 km S of Laingsburg, 33º15'S, 20º49'E, 700 m.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. genitalia prep. no. 22841. 09.X.2009. leg. P. Ustjuzhanin & V. Kovtunovich.

References

• Kovtunovich, V. & P. Ustjuzhanin, 2010: New species of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) from Southern Africa.3. Amurian Zoological Journal 2 (2): 133–134. Full article: [1].