Ancylodes pallens

Ancylodes pallens is a species of snout moth, family Pyralidae.^[1][2][3] It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1887 and is known from southern Europe,^[1][2][3] Russia,^[2] western Asia (Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan),^[1][3] North Africa (Algeria), and the Canary Islands.^[3] It is a very rare immigrant to southern Great Britain.^[4]

Ancylodes pallens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Ancylodes
Species:	A. pallens
Binomial name
Ancylodes pallens Ragonot, 1887[1]
Synonyms
Ancylodes pallens f. fuscella Amsel, 1958 Ancylodes fuscella Amsel, 1958 Christophia lactealis Rothschild, 1915 Ancylodes lactealis (Rothschild, 1915) Myelois banghaasiella Caradja, 1916 Bazaria venosella Asselbergs, 2009 Ancylodes venosella (Asselbergs, 2009)

The wingspan is 18–20 mm.^[4]