Ancylosis yerburii
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Ancylosis |
Species: | A. yerburii
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Binomial name | |
Ancylosis yerburii | |
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Ancylosis yerburii is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1884 and is known from Iran, Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya,[1] Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Sudan[2] and Cyprus[3]
The larvae feed on Limoniastrum guyonianum and Statice pruinosa.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ^ "Ancylosis yerburii (Butler, 1884)" at Afromoths
- ^ Fauna Europaea