Amphixystis anchiala

Amphixystis anchiala is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909 and is found in South Africa and Madagascar.[1]

Amphixystis anchiala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Subfamily:
Hieroxestinae
Genus:
Amphixystis
Species:
A. anchiala
Binomial name
Amphixystis anchiala
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Gephyristis anchiala Meyrick, 1909
  • Oinophila certa Meyrick, 1918
  • Gephyristis oxystyla Meyrick, 1911

This species has a wingspan of 13mm, the forewings are dark fuscous with a rather broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe from base to apex.[2] In general appearance it is similar to Amphixystis cymataula (Meyrick, 1926) from Zimbabwe, from which it an be distinct by genitalia examination only.[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Euphorbia resinifera.

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (20.Jan.2015)
  2. Meyrick, E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1–28, pls. 1–8. Plate VIII, fig.06 Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Janse A. J. T. 1968. On the types of South African Microlepidoptera described by the late Edward Meyrick and preserved in the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria and the South African Museum, Cape Town. Vol. 1. Tineidae. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 16:1–127, pls. 1–118.


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