Agdistis tamaricis

Description

The tamarisk plume (Agdistis tamaricis) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. In the Palearctic ecozone, it is found on the Canary Islands and the Mediterranean region. In the north it ranges to southern Germany and Strasbourg in France. It was discovered on Jersey (Great Britain) in August 2006. In the east the range extends through the Balkan Peninsula to Anatolia, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China. In the south it is found in Israel, North Africa and Arabia. In the Oriental region it is found in India, China and Taiwan and in the Afrotropical region in Liberia, South Africa and Mauritania. The wingspan is 18–27 millimetres (0.71–1.06 in). Adults are on wing from March to October in multiple generations. The larvae feed on Tamarix gallica, Tamarix smyrnensis and Myricaria germanica.