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Agdistis spinosa

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis spinosa is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Namibia.

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Quick facts about Agdistis spinosa

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 spinosa 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 spinosa is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Namibia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis spinosa 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 spinosa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis spinosa Arenberger, 1986

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis spinosa

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 spinosa live?

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

What kind of animal is Agdistis spinosa?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_spinosa_2026,
  title = {Agdistis spinosa (Agdistis spinosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-spinosa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}