Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tineidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Hieroxestinae | |
Amphixystis anchiala is a moth of the Tineidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909 and is found in South Africa and Madagascar.
This species has a wingspan of 13mm, the forewings are dark fuscous with a rather broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe from base to apex.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Euphorbia resinifera.
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