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Agdistis sissia

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis sissia is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

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Quick facts about Agdistis sissia

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
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Agdistis sissia 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 sissia is listed for 6 countries.

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

  1. Armenia
  2. Azerbaijan
  3. Georgia
  4. Iran
  5. Türkiye
  6. Turkmenistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis sissia 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 sissia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis sissia Arenberger, 1987

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis sissia

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 sissia live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Agdistis sissia for 6 countries, including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Turkmenistan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Agdistis sissia?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_sissia_2026,
  title = {Agdistis sissia (Agdistis sissia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-sissia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}