Ancylodes pallens

Ancylodes pallens is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylodes. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is known from Iran, Iraq, Spain,[1] Croatia, Greece, Russia,[2] Kazakhstan[3] and North Africa. It is a very rare immigrant to southern Great Britain.

Ancylodes pallens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Ancylodes
Species:
A. pallens
Binomial name
Ancylodes pallens
Synonyms
  • Ancylodes pallens f. fuscella Amsel, 1958
  • Myelois banghaasiella Caradja, 1916

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.[4]

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Ancylodes pallens - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  4. Hants Moths


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