Biology:Ancylometis

Short description: Genus of moths

Ancylometis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Subfamily:	Oecophorinae
Genus:	Ancylometis Meyrick, 1887

Ancylometis is a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae. The species of this genus are found on the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar , Mauritius and Réunion.

Species

• Ancylometis ansarti Guillermet, 2010
• Ancylometis asbolopa Meyrick, 1923
• Ancylometis celineae Guillermet, 2010
• Ancylometis dilucida Meyrick, 1910 (from Mauritius)
• Ancylometis glebaria (Meyrick, 1910)
• Ancylometis hemilyca (Meyrick, 1910)
• Ancylometis isophaula Meyrick, 1934 (from Madagascar)
• Ancylometis lavergnella Guillermet, 2011
• Ancylometis metacrocota Meyrick, 1930 (from Mauritius)
• Ancylometis mulaella Guillermet, 2011
• Ancylometis orphania (Meyrick, 1910)
• Ancylometis paulianella Viette, 1957
• Ancylometis phylotypa Meyrick, 1930 (from Mauritius)
• Ancylometis ribesae Viette, 1996
• Ancylometis scaeocosma Meyrick, 1887
• Ancylometis trigonodes Meyrick, 1887 (from Mauritius)

References

• Meyrick, E. 1887b. Descriptions of some exotic Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1887(2):269–280. (on page 276)

Wikidata ☰ Q9613516 entry