Agdistis bennetii

Agdistis bennetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agdistis
Species: A. bennetii
Binomial name
Agdistis bennetii
(Curtis, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Adactyla bennetii Curtis, 1833
  • Agdistis bennetti

Agdistis bennetii is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It inhabits salt marshes and has been recorded in the coastal areas of Great Britain, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Albania, as well as former Yugoslavia.

The wingspan is 24–30 mm.[1] Adults are greyish brown. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing from mid-May to the beginning of July and again from mid-July to mid-September.

The larvae feed on Limonium vulgare and Limonium binervosum. They feed on the undersides of the leaves.

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