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Spatulipalpia pectinatella

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Spatulipalpia pectinatella
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A. pectinatella
Binomial name
Ancylosis pectinatella
Synonyms
  • Spatulipalpia pectinatella de Joannis, 1915

Ancylosis pectinatella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1915 and is known from Mauritius.[1]

Taxonomy

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The name Ancylosis pectinatella is preoccupied by the species described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. This means the species described by de Joannis needs to be renamed, but no replacement name has yet been given.

The wingspan of this species is 23 mm. Its larvae had been found in February on sugar-apples (Annona squamosa).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. ^ de Joannis, J. 1915. "Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Mission de M. P. Carié. 1910–1913)". - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:page:14; pl. 1. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.