Amphixystis anchiala (Meyrick, 1909)
| FAMILY | Tineidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Hieroxestinae |
| GENUS | Amphixystis |
| SPECIES | anchiala |
| AUTHOR | (Meyrick, 1909) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Gephyristis anchiala, n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Gauteng], Transvaal, Pretoria, 21.xii.1908, leg. A. J. T. Janse. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: -25°44'44" Longitude: 28°11'18" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, type no. 208, genitalia slide Vári 8065♂, TMSA. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Amphixystis by Robinson & Tuck (1997: 396). |
| PUBLICATION | Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1–28, pls. 1–8. |
| PAGINATION | 27; pl. 8, fig. 6 |
Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| certa | (Meyrick, 1918) | Synonym of species |
| oxystyla | (Meyrick, 1911) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Madagascar | Viette P. 1951f. Quelques Microlépidoptères de Madagascar. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (A)5(2):337–346. | 339 | |
| Nigeria | Robinson G. S. & Tuck K. R. 1997. Phylogeny and composition of the Hieroxestinae (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). - Systematic Entomology 22:263–396. | 390 | |
| South Africa | Gauteng | Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1–28, pls. 1–8. | 27 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia resinifera | Madagascar | Viette P. 1951f. Quelques Microlépidoptères de Madagascar. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (A)5(2):337–346. | 339 (as oxystyla) |
| Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea sp. | Nigeria | Robinson G. S. & Tuck K. R. 1997. Phylogeny and composition of the Hieroxestinae (Lepidoptera: Tineidae). - Systematic Entomology 22:263–396. | 390 |
