''Amphixystis anchiala'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909 and is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

and from

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. 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. In general appearance it is similar to ''

Amphixystis cymataula ''Amphixystis cymataula'' is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909 and is found in Zimbabwe. This species has a wingspan of 11 mm. Palpi are dark fuscous, thorax whitish ochreous, tegulae dark fuscous. A ...

'' (Meyrick, 1926) from Zimbabwe, from which it can be distinguished by genitalia examination only. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''

Euphorbia resinifera ''Euphorbia resinifera'', the resin spurge, is a species of spurge native to Morocco, where it occurs on the slopes of the Atlas Mountains. The dried latex of the plant was used in ancient medicine. It contains resiniferatoxin, an extremely pote ...

'', '' Citrullus colocynthis'' (Cucurbitaceae), ''

Dioscorea alata ''Dioscorea alata'', also known as purple yam, ube (, ), or greater yam, among many other names, is a species of yam (a tuber). The tubers are usually a vivid violet-purple to bright lavender in color (hence the common name), but some range in ...

'' and ''

Dioscorea rotundata ''Dioscorea cayenensis'' subsp. ''rotundata'', commonly known as the white yam, West African yam, Guinea yam, or white ñame, is a subspecies of yam native to Africa. It is one of the most important cultivated yams. Kokoro is one of its most imp ...

'' (Dioscoreaceae).HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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References

Hieroxestinae Moths described in 1909 Moths of Africa {{Tineidae-stub