Ancylis stenampyx

Ancylis stenampyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ancylis
Species: A. stenampyx
Binomial name
Ancylis stenampyx
Diakonoff, 1982
Synonyms
  • Ancylis (Ancyloides) stenampyx Diakonoff, 1982

Ancylis stenampyx is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

Description

Adult male wingspan is 11 mm. Head pale ochreous. Palpus pale ochreous greyish. A longitudinal fuscous line runs along and above lower margin, edged on both sides with white. Antenna pale ochreous. Thorax pale greyish ochreous. Abdomen pale grey with pale orange anal tuft. Forewings narrow and oblong. Costa curved with pointed apex. Forewings are pale ochreous, with pale fulvous cloudy patches. Five small dark brown oblique marks present on lower half of costa. Remainder of the costa suffused with chestnut brown. This suffusion contain some 5-6 very narrow silvery-white, strongly outwards-oblique lines. Cilia pale fuscous-greyish. Hindwings pale fuscous grey with darker scaly tips. Cilia pale fuscous grey, with whitish base.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Species Details: Ancylis stenampyx Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Repository. Retrieved 28 July 2018.


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