Agdistopis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Macropiratidae
Genus: Agdistopis
Species: A. griveaudi – A. halieutica – A. sinhala
Name

Agdistopis Hampson, 1917

Type species: Agdistopis petrochroa Hampson, by original designation.
Synonyms

Macropiratis Meyrick, 1932, TS: Macropiratis halieutica Meyrick, 1932, by original designation.

References

Gibeaux, C., 1994: Fauna de Madagascar 81 Insectes Lépidoptères Pterophoridae
Gielis, C., 2003: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera)
Hao, S.L., 2013. The family Macropiratidae Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Pterophoroidea) in mainland China. Entomotaxonomia 35(2): 155–160. Reference page.