Ancylosis faustinella explained

Ancylosis faustinella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller, in 1867 from Palestine, but is also found on Malta and in Russia,[1] 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.[2]

Adults are small, with narrow ochreous yellow forewings. It has a white costal streak and two white transverse lines. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205328/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441898 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ANCYFAUS Afro Moths
  3. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Ancylosis_Faustinella lepiforum.de