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Agdistis criocephala

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis criocephala is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Kenya and South Africa.

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Quick facts about Agdistis criocephala

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Agdistis criocephala 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 criocephala is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. Kenya
  2. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis criocephala 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 criocephala classified?

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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis criocephala

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 criocephala live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Agdistis criocephala for 2 countries: Kenya and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Agdistis criocephala?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_criocephala_2026,
  title = {Agdistis criocephala (Agdistis criocephala)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-criocephala},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}