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Agdistis namaqua

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis namaqua 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 namaqua

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 namaqua 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 namaqua 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 namaqua 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 namaqua classified?

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

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis namaqua

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

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CompareAgdistis namaqua vs Saltmarsh plumeAgdistis namaqua vs Cliff plumeAgdistis namaqua vs Tamarisk plumeAgdistis namaqua vs Sea-heath plume moth

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Agdistis namaqua live?

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

What kind of animal is Agdistis namaqua?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_namaqua_2026,
  title = {Agdistis namaqua (Agdistis namaqua)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-namaqua},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}