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Ancylosis faustinella

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Ancylosis faustinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ancylosis
Species:
A. faustinella
Binomial name
Ancylosis faustinella
(Zeller, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euzophera faustinella Zeller, 1867
  • Heterographis faustinella
  • Acornigerula bilineella Amsel, 1935
  • Heterographis airensis Rothschild, 1921
  • Heterographis damascenella Amsel, 1952
  • Heterographis rubripictella Hampson, 1896
  • Myelois staudingeri Christoph, 1877
  • Heterographis thalerella Mabille, 1908
  • Staudingeria variabilis Rothschild, 1915

Ancylosis faustinella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller, in 1867 from Palestine,[1] but is also found on Malta and in Russia,[2] as well as on the Canary Islands, in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Turkey, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Pakistan, Niger and Sudan.[3]

Adults are small, with narrow ochreous yellow forewings. It has a white costal streak and two white transverse lines. The hindwings are pale grey.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Afro Moths
  4. ^ lepiforum.de


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