taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BD8796FF89675CFF1DBBE82BC9FEB4.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Ancylodes pallens Ragonot, 1887 (by original designation).	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF89675CFF1DBBE82BC9FEB4.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Species of Ancylodes can be recognized in the male genitalia by the subtriangular uncus, the valva with differently shaped claspers, and the short cylindrical aedeagus with spines and dense microtrichia; in the female genitalia by the subtriangular papillae anales, and the corpus bursae with dense spinules and long spines arranged differently.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF89675CFF1DBBE82BC9FEB4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Ancylodes is distributed in the Palaearctic, Oriental and Australian regions (Nuss et al. 2023 – 2024).	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF88675CFF1DBC1C2F33F898.taxon	description	lsid: zoobank. org: act: 205 C 525 F- 2 FA 9 - 42 ED-A 68 F- 67978666315 F (Figs 1 – 3)	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF88675CFF1DBC1C2F33F898.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Holotype. [CHINA] ♂, Yuli County, Kaisaikule, Xinjiang, 41.28 ° N 86.25 ° E, 877 m, 7. VIII. 2023, leg. Abdukirim Gulzar et al., gen. slide No. GLZ 24044. Paratypes. 1 ♂ 2 ♀, same data as holotype, gen. slide Nos. LLX 24236 ♂, LLX 24238 ♀, GLZ 24045 ♀; 1 ♀, Kuche, Changchun Road, 41.73 ° N 83.03 ° E, 1107 m, 10. VIII. 2023, leg. Abdukirim Gulzar et al., gen. slide No. LLX 24237 ♀.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF88675CFF1DBC1C2F33F898.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Ancylodes dealbatella (Erschoff, 1874). It can be distinguished by the forewings without distinct lines along veins; the tongue-shaped gnathos obtuse at apex, and the digitate clasper reaching costa in the male genitalia; the ductus bursae anteriorly with a sclerotized triangular plate entered into the corpus bursae, and the corpus bursae with dense long spines arranged quadrately in the female genitalia. In A. dealbatella, the forewing has black lines along veins; the fusiformis gnathos is pointed at apex, and the short thumb-shaped clasper does not extend to the costa; the ductus bursae lacks a plate anteriorly, and the corpus bursae bears long spines arranged in rectangle and in C-shape, respectively.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF88675CFF1DBC1C2F33F898.taxon	description	Description. Adult (Fig. 1). Wingspan 20.0 – 21.0 mm. Head. Vertex rounded, pale yellow covered with reddish brown. Antenna with scape pale yellow covered with reddish brown, 1.8 times as long as wide; flagellum reddish brown, with long light yellow scales on dorsal surface, with short white ciliae on ventral surface. Labial palpus pale yellow mixed with brown on outer surface, white on inner surface, obliquely upturned and reaching beyond vertex; segment II twice as long as segment III; segment III extended forward. Thorax. Thorax, patagia and tegula reddish brown. Forewing reddish brown, mixed with black scales; yellow band extending from base to distal 1 / 6 along anterior margin, mixed with reddish brown scales; antemedial and postmedial lines as well as discal spot absent; fringe brown. Hindwing light yellow; terminal line brown; fringe white. Abdomen. Yellowish brown on dorsal surface, beige on ventral surface. Eighth sternum with anterior margin concave and carrying a mastoid process medially, posterior margin triangular; with four pairs of culcita. Male genitalia (Fig. 2). Uncus triangular, pointed at apex, twice as long as basal width. Gnathos broad, tongue-shaped, rounded at apex, about 1 / 2 length of uncus. Valva relatively short, 4 times as long as maximum median width, rounded apically; clasper elongate digitate, situated at basal 2 / 5; costa narrow, reaching tip of valva; sacculus triangular, wide at base, narrowed to pointed apex, about 3 / 5 length of valva. Vinculum U-shaped, twice as long as wide, anterior margin rounded. Juxta V-shaped, length longer than width. Aedeagus cylindrical, 1.7 times as long as valva, with dense spinules in basal 4 / 7, with cone-shaped spines divided into two clusters in distal 3 / 7. Female genitalia (Fig. 3). Papillae anales subtriangular, 1.3 times as long as wide, with dense short setae. Apophyses posteriores almost as long as apophyses anteriores, apophyses anterior inflated near base. Eighth tergum 1.3 times as wide as long; posterior margin straight, with long setae; anterior margin produced medially, sinuate. Ductus bursae membranous, anteriorly widened and with dense granules, with a sclerotized triangular plate entered into corpus bursae. Corpus bursae ovoid, with a cluster of long spines arranged in square shape at right side medially.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF88675CFF1DBC1C2F33F898.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Xinjiang).	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF88675CFF1DBC1C2F33F898.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named in honor of late Professor Zhemin Zheng (Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China) for his outstanding contribution to the taxonomic study of insects.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF886759FF1DBA3D29D9FA4C.taxon	description	(Figs 4 – 6)	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF886759FF1DBA3D29D9FA4C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 4). Wingspan 19.5 – 23.0 mm. Ancylodes dealbatella (Erschoff, 1874) is characterized by the forewing with a subterminal line; in the male genitalia by having a broad subtriangular uncus with an obtuse apex, the valva with a small thumb-shaped clasper and the aedeagus with a wide band formed by dense spines (Fig. 5); in the female genitalia by the ovate corpus bursae with two clusters of spines arranged in rectangle and in C-shape, respectively (Fig. 6).	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF886759FF1DBA3D29D9FA4C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. [CHINA] 2 ♂ 3 ♀, Kashi, Xinjiang, 39.25 ° N 76.45 ° E, 1258 m, 14. VI. 2023, leg. Abdukirim Gulzar & Nuriye Muhetaier, gen. slide Nos. GLZ 24029 ♂, GLZ 24069 ♀, GLZ 24097 ♂; 1 ♀, 39.30 ° N 76.10 ° E, 1270 m, 7. VI. 2023, leg. HH Li et al., gen. slide No. LLX 23216 ♀.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF886759FF1DBA3D29D9FA4C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Xinjiang, Yunnan), Canaries, Iraq, Libya, North Africa, Southern Russia, Spain, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
03BD8796FF886759FF1DBA3D29D9FA4C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Ancylodes dealbatella was first described from Uzbekistan by Erschoff (1874), and was initially classified under the genus Homoeosoma Curtis. Roesler (1973) assigned it into the genus Patagonia Ragonot, and synonymized Homoeosoma subgoliathella Caradja and Rotruda gigantella Roesler with dealbatella. Sinev (1990) assigned this species into Ancylodes, and recognized Epischnia staminella Christoph as a synonymy of A. dealbatella after checking the holotype of dealbatella and the lectotype of staminella. After dissecting the specimens collected from Xinjiang, we found that the structures of its male and female genitalia are closer to the type species A. pallens Ragonot, 1887 in having a broadened gnathos, an elongated vinculum and a short cylindrical aedeagus in the male genitalia; and in the small triangular papillae anales, the corpus bursae with various forms of long spines and spinules or granules significantly different from several other genera in the female genitalia. Hence, we follow Sinev (1990), and place A. dealbatella in the genus Ancylodes. Homoeosoma subgoliathella and Rotruda gigantella are recognized as valid species herein due to their significant differences from A. dealbatella. The species Patagonia gigantella (Roesler, 1965) stat. nov. is assigned to Patagonia based on its male genitalia characters. However, the taxonomic status of subgoliathella remains uncertain.	en	Liu, Lianxin, Gulzar, Abdukirim, Li, Houhun (2025): Two species of the genus Ancylodes Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Xinjiang, China. Zootaxa 5631 (2): 395-400, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.12
