Ancylosis aspilatella explained

Ancylosis aspilatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Ragonot, in 1887, and is known from Russia (Ural Mountains),[1] Kazakhstan,[2] Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia.[3]

The wingspan is about 17 mm.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205333/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441927 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrowser.php?taxid=381385 Staudingeria aspilatella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  3. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ANCYASPI Afro Moths
  4. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Ancylosis_Aspilatella lepiforum.de