Agdistis tamaricis ( Zeller, 1847 )

Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa 4915 (2), pp. 201-236 : 203

2. Agdistis tamaricis ( Zeller, 1847) ( Plate 1 , Fig. 2)

Adactylus tamaricis Zeller, 1847 ; Isis von Oken, 40: 899.

Agdistis bagdadiensis Amsel, 1949 ; Bulletin de la Société “Fouad 1er” d’Entomologie, 33: 310.

Agdistis xinjiangsis Qin & Zheng, 1997 ; Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 25: 30.

TL: France.

Distribution: India, Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Balearic Islands, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, China, Corse, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madeira, Malta, Mauretania, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Rep. South Africa, Romania, Russia, Sardinia, Saudi Arabia, Sicily, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

Host: Larvae feed on the leaves of Tamarix dioica and T. gallica (Tamaricaceae) .

Illustrations: Male, female genitalia ( Gielis 1996; figs 16, 153)

Figures

PLATE 1. Adult photographs of superfamily Pterophoroidea