Agdistis tugai is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in southern Tajikistan

Tajikistan

Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....

. The habitat consists of tugai forest consisting of Populus diversifolia trees and Tamarix

Tamarix

The genus Tamarix is composed of about 50-60 species of flowering plants in the family Tamaricaceae, native to drier areas of Eurasia and Africa...

shrubs.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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is about 26 mm for females. The head is whitish to pale grey. The antenna are grey. The forewing are whitish to greyish white with brown scales and speckled.
The hindwings are greyish and plain-coloured.

Etymology

The species name is derived from the habitat type at the type locality, which is known
as a tugai forest.