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Ancylometis trigonodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Division
  
Ditrysia

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
  
Gelechioidea

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.

References

Ancylometis trigonodes Wikipedia


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