Ascalenia pachnodes

Ascalenia pachnodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Ascalenia
Species: A. pachnodes
Binomial name
Ascalenia pachnodes
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Cholotis pachnodes Meyrick, 1917

Ascalenia pachnodes is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It has been recorded from Nubia and India (Bengal).

The wingspan is 6-9.2 mm.[1]

The larvae feed on the twigs of Tamarix species, including Tamarix gallica, Tamarix indica and Tamarix dioica.

References

  1. ↑ Vorläufige Revision der Gattung Ascalenia Wocke (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)
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