Ancylodes pallens

Ancylodes pallens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Ancylodes
Species:
A. pallens
Binomial name
Ancylodes pallens
Ragonot, 1887
Synonyms
  • Ancylodes pallens f. fuscella Amsel, 1958
  • Ancylodes fuscella Amsel, 1958
  • Christophia lactealis Rothschild, 1915
  • Ancylodes lactealis (Rothschild, 1915)
  • Myelois banghaasiella Caradja, 1916
  • Bazaria venosella Asselbergs, 2009
  • Ancylodes venosella (Asselbergs, 2009)

Ancylodes pallens is a species of snout moth, family Pyralidae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is known from southern Europe, Russia, western Asia (Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan), North Africa (Algeria), and the Canary Islands. It is a very rare immigrant to southern Great Britain.

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.

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