Agdistis (moth)

Agdistis
Agdistis linnaei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Agdistinae
Tutt, 1906
Genus: Agdistis
Hübner, [1825]
Synonyms
  • Adactylus Curtis, 1833
  • Adactyla Zeller, 1841
  • Ernestia Tutt, 1907
  • Herbertia Turr, 1907

Agdistis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. It is the only genus in the Agdistinae subfamily which was described by J. W. Tutt in 1906.[1]

  1. ^ Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 10 May 2023.