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Agdistis cretifera

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis cretifera 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 cretifera

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 cretifera 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 cretifera 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 cretifera 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 cretifera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis cretifera Meyrick, 1909

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis cretifera

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Agdistis cretifera live?

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

What kind of animal is Agdistis cretifera?

Agdistis cretifera (Agdistis cretifera) 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 cretifera (Agdistis cretifera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-cretifera

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_cretifera_2026,
  title = {Agdistis cretifera (Agdistis cretifera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-cretifera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}