Biology:Ancylosoma

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Short description: Species of moth

Ancylosoma
Ancylosoma substratellum.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Ancylosoma
Roesler, 1973[1]
Species:
A. substratellum
Binomial name
Ancylosoma substratellum
(Christoph, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Myelois substratella Christoph, 1877

Ancylosoma is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Rolf-Ulrich Roesler in 1973. It contains the single species Ancylosoma substratellum described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877.[1] It was described from Turkmenistan, but is also known from Romania and Russia .[2]

The wingspan is about 10 mm.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4753262 entry