Ancylis ancorata

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Ancylis ancorata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Ancylis
Species:
A. ancorata
Binomial name
Ancylis ancorata
Meyrick, 1912

Ancylis ancorata is a moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. [1] It is found on the Konkan Coast of western India. [2] and Sri Lanka. [3]

Description

Adult male wingspan is 12–13 mm. It is metallic in nature. [4]

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References

  1. "Species Details: Ancylis ancorata Meyrick, 1912". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. "Aemulatrix aequilibra male holotype". Tortricid.net. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  4. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.