Ancylometis trigonodes
| Ancylometis trigonodes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Oecophoridae (disputed) |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Genus: | Ancylometis |
| Species: | A. trigonodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylometis trigonodes Meyrick, 1887[1] | |
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]
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