''Agdistis africana'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Pterophoridae The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are ...

. This species is known only from the type locality, the Tsitsikamma Coastal National Park in South Africa.

References

Agdistinae Endemic moths of South Africa Plume moths of Africa Moths described in 1996 Taxa named by Ernst Arenberger {{Agdistinae-stub