Biology:Ancylodes pallens

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Short description: Species of moth

Ancylodes pallens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ancylodes
Species:
A. pallens
Binomial name
Ancylodes pallens
Ragonot, 1887[1]
Synonyms
  • Ancylodes pallens f. fuscella Amsel, 1958
  • Ancylodes fuscella Amsel, 1958
  • Christophia lactealis Rothschild, 1915
  • Ancylodes lactealis (Rothschild, 1915)
  • Myelois banghaasiella Caradja, 1916
  • Bazaria venosella Asselbergs, 2009
  • Ancylodes venosella (Asselbergs, 2009)

Ancylodes pallens is a species of snout moth, family Pyralidae.[1][2][3] It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is known from southern Europe,[1][2][3] Russia,[2] western Asia (Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan),[1][3] North Africa (Algeria), and the Canary Islands.[3] It is a very rare immigrant to southern Great Britain.[4]

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4753145 entry