Agdistis potgieteri is a moth in the family Pterophoridae.[1][2] It is known from South Africa (Free State, Limpopo, and Western and Northern Cape).[1]

Agdistis potgieteri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species:
A. potgieteri
Binomial name
Agdistis potgieteri
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009[1]

The wingspan is 27–32 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of August to January.[1]

Etymology

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The species is named after its collector J.H. Potgieter.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Kovtunovich, V. N. & Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya. (2009). "New species and records of plume moths of the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae, Agdistinae) from Southern Africa". Amurian Zoological Journal. 1 (1): 37–44. doi:10.33910/1999-4079-2009-1-1-37-44.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Agdistis potgieteri Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2009". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 7 August 2024.