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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricoidea) » Tortricid Moths (Tortricidae) » Olethreutinae » Enarmoniini » Ancylis

Genus Ancylis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tortricoidea (Tortricid Moths)
Family Tortricidae (Tortricid Moths)
Subfamily Olethreutinae
Tribe Enarmoniini
Genus Ancylis
Explanation of Names
Ancylis Hübner, 1825
Epicharis Hübner, 1825
Anchylopera Stephens, 1829
Philalcea Stephens, 1835
Phoxopteryx Sodoffsky, 1837
Sideria Guenée, 1845
Numbers
Powell & Opler (2009) states "there are about 35 described species of Ancylis in America north of Mexico" (1)
Moth Photographers Group (2014) lists 39 described species of the genus. (2)
Print References
Gilligan, T.M, P. Huemer & B. Wiesmair. 2016. Different continents, same species? Resolving the taxonomy of some Holarctic Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa 4178 (3): 347-370 (3)
Hübner, J., 1825. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge: 376.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - pinned adults of most species.
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Different continents, same species? Resolving the taxonomy of some Holarctic Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Gilligan, T.M, P. Huemer & B. Wiesmair. 2016. Zootaxa 4178 (3):347-370.
Contributed by tom murray on 14 May, 2005 - 1:24am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 January, 2018 - 11:31am

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