Agdistis frankeniae is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found from Siberia through Central Asia, the northern parts of Asia and North Africa along the Mediterranean and in the west from the Canary Islands to southern France.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Agdistis |
| Species: | A. frankeniae
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| Agdistis frankeniae | |
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The wingspan is about 29 mm.
The larvae feed on Limonium minutum and Frankenia species.
References
edit- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Agdistis frankeniae (Zeller, 1847)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ A new species, a new synonym, and new distribution records in the genus Agdistis Hübner, 1825 from Iran (Pterophoridae: Agdistinae) Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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