Agdistis bennetii

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Agdistis bennetii
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Agdistis bennetii

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Feather moths (Pterophoridae)
Subfamily : Agdistinae
Genre : Agdistis
Type : Agdistis bennetii
Scientific name
Agdistis bennetii
( Curtis , 1833)

Agdistis bennetii is a butterfly (moth) from the family of feather moths (Pterophoridae).

features

The moths reach a wingspan of 24 to 30 millimeters and are gray-brown in color. The area between the wing folds is paler than the basic color. There are no spots on the Costa loader; there are four spots along the dorsal edge of the wing fold. The fourth spot is closer to the Costalader than the third, and occasionally these are also merged. The moths show a very characteristic resting posture, in which the narrow folded wings are held obliquely forward, while the body is lifted by the long front legs.

The valves of the male genitals are asymmetrical to one another. The costalarms are large and separate from the valves. The saccule is also divided. The uncus is bilobed, each lobe has three to four teeth. The ostium of the female genitals is simple, the antrum has the shape of a straight tube. The proximal margin of the eighth tergite is indented, the Apophyses anteriores are missing.

Similar species

  • Agdistis intermedia Caradja, 1920 is a closely related species that can only be distinguished from Agdistis bennetii by its genitals.

distribution

Agdistis bennetii is native to the coasts of England , Denmark , Belgium , France , Germany , Spain , Italy and Albania as well as the former Yugoslavia . The moths can be found in salt marshes where the food plants thrive. Specimens are rarely found inland.

Way of life

The larvae of Agdistis bennetii feed on common sea lavender ( Limonium vulgare ) as well as on Limonium binervosum and hybrids that grow in gardens in the Netherlands and England . They feed on the underside of the leaves, where they also pupate . The moths are nocturnal and are attracted to light.

Flight and caterpillar times

Agdistis bennetii forms two generations a year, which fly from mid-May to early July and mid-July to mid-September.

Systematics

Synonyms

The following synonyms are known for Agdistis bennetii from the literature :

  • Adactyla bennetii Curtis, 1833

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d C. Gielis: Pterophoridae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Eds.): Microlepidoptera of Europe 1: 1-222. , Apollo Books 1996, ISBN 87-88757-36-6
  2. ↑ a b C. Gielis: Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea. In: World Catalog of Insects. Volume 4 , Apollo Books, 2003, ISBN 87-88757-68-4

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