Amphixystis anchiala | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Amphixystis |
Species: | A. anchiala
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Binomial name | |
Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909)
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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.
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]