Agdistis meridionalis

Agdistis meridionalis
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Agditis
Species: A. meridionalis
Binomial name
Agdistis meridionalis
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Adactyla meridionalis Zeller, 1847
  • Agdistis staticis Millière, 1875
  • Agdistis portlandica Tutt, 1906
  • Agdistis staticis var. delicatulella Chrétien, 1917
  • Agdistis delicatulella (Chrétien, 1917)
  • Agdistis clivicola Meyrick, 1928
  • Agdistis tyrrhenica Amsel, 1951
  • Agdistis prolai Hartig, 1953

The sea-side plume (Agdistis meridionalis) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of southern Europe.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. Adults are on wing July to October, in two generations.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Limonium binervosum.


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