Ancylometis trigonodes
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Family: | Oecophoridae (disputed)
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Species: | A. trigonodes
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Ancylometis trigonodes |
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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Categories:
- Moths described in 1887
- Oecophoridae
- Insects of Mauritius
- Moths of Africa