Agdistis satanas

Agdistis satanas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species: A. satanas
Binomial name
Agdistis satanas
Millière, 1875[1]
Synonyms
  • Agdistis nanus Turati, 1924
  • Agdistis pseudosatanas Amsel, 1951

Agdistis satanas is a moth in the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Balearic Islands, Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, Italy (Piedmont, Val d’Aosta, Latium, Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Germany, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Crete, Turkey, Israel, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Scabiosa candicans, Scabiosa pyrenaica, Scleranthus species and Limoniastrum monopetalum.[2]

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