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Agdistis cypriota

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis cypriota is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Cyprus and Tunisia.

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Quick facts about Agdistis cypriota

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 cypriota 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 cypriota is listed for 2 countries.

TunisiaCyprus
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Cyprus
  2. Tunisia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis cypriota 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 cypriota classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis cypriota Arenberger, 1983

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis cypriota

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 cypriota live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Agdistis cypriota for 2 countries: Cyprus and Tunisia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Agdistis cypriota?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_cypriota_2026,
  title = {Agdistis cypriota (Agdistis cypriota)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-cypriota},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}