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Agdistis samknotti

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis samknotti 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 samknotti

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 samknotti 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 samknotti is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis samknotti 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 samknotti classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis samknotti Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2015

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis samknotti

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

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

Common questions

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Where does Agdistis samknotti live?

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

What kind of animal is Agdistis samknotti?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_samknotti_2026,
  title = {Agdistis samknotti (Agdistis samknotti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-samknotti},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}