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Tamarisk plume

Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The tamarisk plume (Agdistis tamaricis) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 46 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria and Bahrain.

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Quick facts about the tamarisk plume

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
46 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the tamarisk plume 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.

The tamarisk plume is listed for 46 countries.

KazakhstanUzbekistanSudanRussiaSouth AfricaFranceMauritaniaLiberiaIsraelLebanonMadagascarTunisiaAlgeriaJordanIraqIndiaPakistanAfghanistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranUkraineHungaryRomaniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandPortugalSpainChinaTaiwanItalyYemenSaudi ArabiaCyprusMoroccoEgyptLibyaMacedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Bahrain
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Cape Verde
  6. China
  7. Croatia
  8. Cyprus
  9. Egypt
  10. France
  11. Germany
  12. Greece
  13. Hungary
  14. India
  15. Iran
  16. Iraq
  17. Israel
  18. Italy
  19. Jordan
  20. Kazakhstan
  21. Kyrgyzstan
  22. Lebanon
  23. Liberia
  24. Libya
  25. Madagascar
  26. Malta
  27. Mauritania
  28. Morocco
  29. North Macedonia
  30. Pakistan
  31. Portugal
  32. Romania
  33. Russia
  34. Saudi Arabia
  35. South Africa
  36. Spain
  37. Sudan
  38. Switzerland
  39. Taiwan
  40. Tajikistan
Show 6 more countries
  1. Tunisia
  2. Türkiye
  3. Turkmenistan
  4. Ukraine
  5. Uzbekistan
  6. Yemen

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the tamarisk plume 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 the tamarisk plume classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAgdistis
  7. SpeciesAgdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)

Synonyms Adactyla tamaricis, Adactylus tamaricis, Agdistis bagdadiensis, Agdistis xinjiangsis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • عثة الطرفاء الريشيةArabic
  • 편백나무털날개나방Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tamarisk plume

Other species in the same genus Agdistis.

Cliff plume

Agdistis meridionalis

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the tamarisk plume live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the tamarisk plume for 46 countries, including Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bulgaria and Cape Verde. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the tamarisk plume?

The tamarisk plume (Agdistis tamaricis) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{tamarisk_plume_2026,
  title = {Tamarisk plume (Agdistis tamaricis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tamarisk-plume},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}