''Amydria anceps'' is a
moth of the family
Acrolophidae
Acrolophinae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera. The subfamily comprises the burrowing webworm moths and tube moths and holds about 300 species in five genera, which occur in the wild only in the New World. It is closely related to the ...
. It is found in
Mexico.
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.
References
Moths described in 1914
Acrolophidae
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