Ancylosis yerburii explained

Ancylosis yerburii is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1884 and is known from Iran, Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Sudan[1] and Cyprus[2]

The larvae feed on Limoniastrum guyonianum and Statice pruinosa.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ANCYYERB "Ancylosis yerburii (Butler, 1884)"
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20150206182123/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441893 Fauna Europaea