Ancylosis faustinella

Ancylosis faustinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Ancylosis
Species:	A. faustinella
Binomial name
Ancylosis faustinella (Zeller, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
Euzophera faustinella Zeller, 1867 Heterographis faustinella Acornigerula bilineella Amsel, 1935 Heterographis airensis Rothschild, 1921 Heterographis damascenella Amsel, 1952 Heterographis rubripictella Hampson, 1896 Myelois staudingeri Christoph, 1877 Heterographis thalerella Mabille, 1908 Staudingeria variabilis Rothschild, 1915

Ancylosis faustinella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller, in 1867 from Palestine,^[1] but is also found on Malta and in Russia,^[2] 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.^[3]

Adults are small, with narrow ochreous yellow forewings. It has a white costal streak and two white transverse lines. The hindwings are pale grey.^[4]

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