Agdistis violaceus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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: .
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