Amphixystis anchiala
Species of moth
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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 Madagascar,[1] Nigeria, and South Africa.
| Amphixystis anchiala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Amphixystis |
| Species: | A. anchiala |
| Binomial name | |
| Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909) | |
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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] Its appearance 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]
