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Subfamily Agdistinae - Entire-winged Plume Moths

6089  - Agdistis americana Agdistis americana Agdistis americana Agdistis americana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)
Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
Subfamily Agdistinae (Entire-winged Plume Moths)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Agdistinae Tutt, 1906
Numbers
Just one North American species in subfamily Agdistinae: Agdistis americana (info page here.) All other neartic taxa currently placed in the subfamily Pterophorinae.
Identification
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Guide to the Genera of Entire-winged Plume Moths (Agdistinae)

Agdistis is the only genus of entire-winged plume moths occurring north of Mexico.

Agdistis americana, which occurs in coastal southern California, is the only species in the genus and subfamily.