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Agdistis protai

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis protai is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Cyprus, Italy and Türkiye.

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Quick facts about Agdistis protai

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Agdistis protai 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 protai is listed for 3 countries.

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

  1. Cyprus
  2. Italy
  3. Türkiye

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis protai 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 protai classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis protai Arenberger, 1973

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis protai

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Agdistis protai live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Agdistis protai for 3 countries: Cyprus, Italy and Türkiye. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Agdistis protai?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_protai_2026,
  title = {Agdistis protai (Agdistis protai)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-protai},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}