Ancylometis trigonodes

Ancylometis trigonodes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is known from Mauritius.

Ancylometis trigonodes
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A. trigonodes
Binomial name
Ancylometis trigonodes

This species has a wingspan of 11mm for the male. Its head is ochreous-yellow, the face whitish-ochreous. Antennae and thorax are dark-fuscous, the abdomen greyish-ochreous. Forewings are elongated and rather narrow, the costa moderately arched. They are dark fuscous, very slightly purplish-tinged with a large ochreous-white triangular patch mixed with pale yellow in the middle. Hindwings are fuscous-grey, becoming paler and semitransparent on the basal half.[2]

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