Ancylosis samaritanella explained

Ancylosis samaritanella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Zeller in 1867. It is found in Spain, Russia,[1] Turkey, Jordan, the Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Turkestan and Central Asia.[2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305194425/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441886 Fauna Europaea
  2. https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/455/45515028002.pdf New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)
  3. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Ancylosis_Samaritanella lepiforum.de