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Agdistis capensis

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis capensis is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Agdistis capensis

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Agdistis capensis live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Agdistis capensis is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis capensis endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Agdistis capensis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis capensis Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis capensis

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Agdistis capensis live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Agdistis capensis for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Agdistis capensis?

Agdistis capensis (Agdistis capensis) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Agdistis capensis (Agdistis capensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-capensis

MLA

“Agdistis capensis (Agdistis capensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-capensis.

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_capensis_2026,
  title = {Agdistis capensis (Agdistis capensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-capensis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}