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Agdistis darwini

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis darwini 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 darwini

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 darwini 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 darwini 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 darwini 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 darwini classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis darwini Arenberger, 2009

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis darwini

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 darwini live?

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

What kind of animal is Agdistis darwini?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_darwini_2026,
  title = {Agdistis darwini (Agdistis darwini)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-darwini},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}