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Ancylosis samaritanella is a species of snout moth in the genus Ancylosis. It was described by Zeller in 1867.[1] It is found in Spain, Russia,[2] Turkey, Jordan, the Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Turkestan and Central Asia.[3]

Ancylosis samaritanella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Ancylosis
Species:	A. samaritanella
Binomial name
Ancylosis samaritanella (Zeller, 1867)[1]
Synonyms
Euzophera samaritanella Zeller, 1867

Adults are small with narrow forewings. They are whitish, dusted with blackish with two paler transverse lines. The hindwings are whitish with a grey margin.[4]

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