Ancylosis samaritanella

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

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

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