Agdistis heydeni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from western Asia, southern Europe, Hungary, Poland, North Africa and the Canary Islands.

Agdistis heydeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Agdistis
Species:	A. heydeni
Binomial name
Agdistis heydeni (Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
Adactyla heydeni Zeller, 1852 Agdistis excurata Meyrick, 1921

The larvae feed on Atriplex halimus and Stachys glutinosa. Other recorded foodplants include Lamium, Origanum, Calamintha and Phlomis species.

Subspecies

• Agdistis heydeni heydeni
• Agdistis heydeni canariensis Rebel, 1896 (Canary Islands)

References

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• Fauna Europaea
• Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)^{[permanent dead link]}
• Faunistische Daten zur Verbreitung der Pterophoridae auf der Iberischen Halbinsel (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
• papillon-poitou-charentes

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