| Ancylosis samaritanella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Ancylosis |
| Species: | A. samaritanella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancylosis samaritanella (Zeller, 1867)[1] |
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Ancylosis samaritanella is a species of snout moths 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]
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]