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Ancylolomia chrysographellus, the angled grass moth,[1] is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found on Cyprus[2] and in Kenya, Uganda, Yemen,[3] India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,[4] Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia.

Ancylolomia chrysographellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Ancylolomiini
Genus:	Ancylolomia
Species:	A. chrysographellus
Binomial name
Ancylolomia chrysographellus Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844
Synonyms
Chilo chrysographellus Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844 Ancylolomia basistriga Moore, 1886 Ancylolomia bassistriga Błeszyński & Collins, 1962 Jartheza cassimella Swinhoe, 1887 Jartheza responsella Walker, 1863 Jartheza xylinella Walker, 1863

Description

The wingspan is 25–30 mm for females and 20 mm for males.[5] Antennae of male with short uniseriate laminated branches, which is simple in female. It is a brownish-ochreous moth. Forewings with silvery and yellow fascia, with streaks of black scales on them in cell and the interspaces beyond and below it. A minutely dentate submarginal silvery line with a more prominent tooth at vein 3. A whitish marginal band with a series of dark specks on it. Cilia silvery. Hindwings whitish, pale fuscous, or dark fuscous in Sri Lankan specimens. The forewings may have a white fascia developed on median nervure.[6]

It is a minor pest of rice. The larva are known to feed on many grasses.

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