Ancylosis faustinella

Ancylosis faustinella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Ancylosis
Species:	A. faustinella
Binomial name
	Ancylosis faustinella; (Zeller, 1867)
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

^ ^a ^b "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
^ Fauna Europaea
^ Afro Moths
^ lepiforum.de This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[Pyraloidea_db-1] "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

[2] Fauna Europaea

[3] Afro Moths

[4] rum.de This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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