Amydria anceps
Species of moth
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Amydria anceps is a moth of the family Acrolophidae. It is found in Mexico.[1]
| Amydria anceps | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Amydria |
| Species: | A. anceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Amydria anceps Walsingham, 1914 | |
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It is unusual in that its caterpillars actually eat the discarded fungus culture grown by leaf-cutter ants, Atta mexicana; this moth is always (obligately) associated as a harmless guest on the nests of this ant species. [2] [3]
