Agdistis toliarensis Bigot, 1986
FAMILY | Pterophoridae |
SUBFAMILY | Agdistinae |
GENUS | Agdistis |
SPECIES | toliarensis |
AUTHOR | Bigot, 1986 |
ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Agdistis toliarensis sp. nov. |
TYPE LOCALITY | Madagascar S, Marine Station of Tulear [Toliara], 01.xi.1968, leg. J. Picard. |
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide L. Bigot 616♂, MNHN. |
STATUS | Species |
COMMENT | Description of female in V. Kovtunovich & P. Ustjuzhanin (2015: 563). |
PUBLICATION | Bigot L. 1986. Données complémentaires sur les Agdistis de Madagascar. - Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 3(3):359-360. |
PAGINATION | 360, figs 3-5 |
Species pictures



Species Distribution
COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
Eswatini | Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2012. On the fauna of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae Hübner) of Swaziland. - Amurian Zoological Journal 4(2):160-163. | 160 | |
Madagascar | Bigot L. 1986. Données complémentaires sur les Agdistis de Madagascar. - Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 3(3):359-360. | 360 | |
South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Udovichenko P., Armstrong A. & Streltzov A. N. 2020. Plume moths in the protected areas of KwaZulu Natal province, Republic of South Africa. - Ecologica Montenegrina 27:11-21. | 19 |
Host Plants
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