Amphixystis anchiala
Amphixystis anchiala is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909 and is found in South Africa, Madagascar[1] and from Nigeria.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Amphixystis |
| Species: | A. anchiala |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909) | |
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This species has a wingspan of 13 mm, the forewings are dark fuscous with a rather broad whitish-ochreous dorsal stripe from base to apex.[2] In general appearance it is similar to Amphixystis cymataula (Meyrick, 1926) from Zimbabwe, from which it can be distinguished by genitalia examination only.[3]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Euphorbia resinifera, Citrullus colocynthis (Cucurbitaceae), Dioscorea alata and Dioscorea rotundata (Dioscoreaceae).[4]
References
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 27 – via Sabinet.
- Janse, A. J. T. (1968). "On the types of South African Microlepidoptera described by the late Edward Meyrick and preserved in the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria and the South African Museum, Cape Town. Vol. 1. Tineidae". Transvaal Museum Memoir. 16: 1–127, pls. 1–118.
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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