Ancylosis samaritanella

Ancylosis samaritanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ancylosis
Species: A. samaritanella
Binomial name
Ancylosis samaritanella
(Zeller, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
  • Euzophera samaritanella Zeller, 1867

Ancylosis samaritanella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Zeller in 1867.[1] It is found in Spain, Russia,[2] Turkey, Jordan, the Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Turkestan and Central Asia.[3]

Adults are small with narrow forewings. They are whitish, dusted with blackish with two paler transverse lines. The hindwings are whitish with a grey margin.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de


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