Amphixystis anchiala

Amphixystis anchiala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Amphixystis
Species:
A. anchiala
Binomial name
Amphixystis anchiala
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Gephyristis anchiala Meyrick, 1909
  • Oinophila certa Meyrick, 1918
  • Gephyristis oxystyla Meyrick, 1911

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.

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]

References

  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 27 – via Sabinet.
  3. ^ Janse, A. J. T. (1968). "On the types of South African Microlepidoptera described by the late Edward Meyrick and preserved in the Transvaal Museum, Pretoria and the South African Museum, Cape Town. Vol. 1. Tineidae". Transvaal Museum Memoir. 16: 1–127, pls. 1–118.
  4. ^ HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants


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