Ancylosoma

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Ancylosoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Ancylosoma
Roesler, 1973[1]
Species:
A. substratellum
Binomial name
Ancylosoma substratellum
(Christoph, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Myelois substratella Christoph, 1877

Ancylosoma is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1973. It contains the single species Ancylosoma substratellum described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877.[1] It was described from Turkmenistan, but is also known from Romania and Russia.[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ^ "lepiforum.de". lepiforum.de. Retrieved 2011-10-07.