Kingdom Animalia Family Pyralidae Genus Ancylosis Order Butterflies and moths | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Ancylosis, Ancylosis convexella, Butterflies and moths, Agrotis spinifera, Tathorhynchus exsiccata | ||
Ancylosis faustinella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Zeller, in 1867 from Palestine, but is also found on Malta and in Russia, as well as on the Canary Islands, in Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Bahrain, Turkey, Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Pakistan, Niger and Sudan.
Adults are small, with narrow ochreous yellow forewings. It has a white costal streak and two white transverse lines. The hindwings are pale grey.
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