Biology:Ancylometis trigonodes
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Short description: Species of moth
Ancylometis trigonodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Ancylometis |
Species: | A. trigonodes
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Binomial name | |
Ancylometis trigonodes Meyrick, 1887[1]
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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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylometis trigonodes.
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