Biology:Ancylometis trigonodes

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Short description: Species of moth

Ancylometis trigonodes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Ancylometis
Species:
A. trigonodes
Binomial name
Ancylometis trigonodes
Meyrick, 1887[1]

Ancylometis trigonodes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is known from Mauritius.

This species has a wingspan of 11mm for the male. Its head is ochreous-yellow, the face whitish-ochreous. Antennae and thorax are dark-fuscous, the abdomen greyish-ochreous. Forewings are elongated and rather narrow, the costa moderately arched. They are dark fuscous, very slightly purplish-tinged with a large ochreous-white triangular patch mixed with pale yellow in the middle. Hindwings are fuscous-grey, becoming paler and semitransparent on the basal half.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13371946 entry