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Agdistis yakovi

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Agdistis yakovi 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 yakovi

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 yakovi 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 yakovi is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Agdistis yakovi 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 yakovi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis yakovi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2010

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Agdistis yakovi

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

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

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Agdistis yakovi live?

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

What kind of animal is Agdistis yakovi?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{agdistis_yakovi_2026,
  title = {Agdistis yakovi (Agdistis yakovi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/agdistis-yakovi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}