Ancylosis samaritanella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Zeller in 1867.[1] It is found in Spain, Russia,[2] Turkey, Jordan, the Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Turkestan and Central Asia.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Ancylosis |
| Species: | A. samaritanella
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Adults are small with narrow forewings. They are whitish, dusted with blackish with two paler transverse lines. The hindwings are whitish with a grey margin.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ New data for Pyraloidea from Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain) including a species new to Science (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ lepiforum.de
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