''Ancylosis pectinatella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''

Ancylosis ''Ancylosis'' is a genus of snout moth. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839, and is known from South Africa, Uzbekistan, Spain, Turkmenistan, Lebanon, Algeria, Tunisia, Russia, Israel, Palestine, Tinos, Australia, Seychelles, Afgh ...

''. It was described by

Joseph de Joannis Joseph de Joannis (6 June 1864 La Meignanne, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire – 27 October 1932 Paris) was a French clergyman and lepidopterist. De Joannis was the president of the Société entomologique de France from 1908 to 1916. His father ...

in 1915 and is known from

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

Taxonomy

The name ''

Ancylosis pectinatella ''Ancylosis pectinatella'' is a species of snout moth in the genus ''Ancylosis''. It was described by Ragonot, in 1887, and is known from Uzbekistan, Spain and Turkey. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the ...

'' is preoccupied by the species described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887. This means the species described by de Joannis needs to be renamed, but no replacement name has yet been given. The wingspan of this species is 23 mm. Its larvae had been found in February on sugar-apples ('' Annona squamosa'').de Joannis, J. 1915. "Lépidoptères Hétérocères des Mascareignes et des Seychelles (Mission de M. P. Carié. 1910–1913)". - ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' 84:page:14; pl. 1.

References

Moths described in 1915 Phycitini Moths of Mauritius Moths of Réunion {{Phycitini-stub