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Agdistis paralia

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis paralia is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 11 countries, including Algeria, China and France.

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Quick facts about Agdistis paralia

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
11 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Agdistis paralia 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 paralia is listed for 11 countries.

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

  1. Algeria
  2. China
  3. France
  4. Greece
  5. Israel
  6. Italy
  7. Malta
  8. Morocco
  9. Spain
  10. Tunisia
  11. Turkmenistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis paralia 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 paralia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis paralia (Zeller, 1847)

Synonyms Adactyla paralia

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis paralia

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

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

Common questions

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Where does Agdistis paralia live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Agdistis paralia for 11 countries, including Algeria, China, France, Greece and Israel. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Agdistis paralia?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_paralia_2026,
  title = {Agdistis paralia (Agdistis paralia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-paralia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}