Ascalenia
Encyclopedia
Ascalenia is a genus of moth
in the family Cosmopterigidae
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae
Cosmopterigidae is a family of insects in the Lepidoptera order. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds, stems, etc of their host plants. There are about 1,500 described species...
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Species
- Ascalenia acaciellaAscalenia acaciellaAscalenia acaciella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands and Malta, North Africa, the Near and Middle East and east to Afghanistan and Pakistan...
Chretien, 1915 - Ascalenia albitergisAscalenia albitergisAscalenia albitergis is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in South Africa....
Meyrick, 1926 - Ascalenia antiqua Meyrick, 1925
- Ascalenia archaica Meyrick, 1917
- Ascalenia beieri Kasy, 1968
- Ascalenia bialbipunctella Legrand, 1965
- Ascalenia bifasciella Chrétien, 1915
- Ascalenia callynellaAscalenia callynellaAscalenia callynella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Israel.The wingspan is 8-9.8 mm.The larvae feed on Tamarix species....
Kasy, 1968 - Ascalenia ceanothiella Meyrick, 1915
- Ascalenia centropselia Meyrick, 1931
- Ascalenia crypsiloga Meyrick, 1915
- Ascalenia decolorellaAscalenia decolorellaAscalenia decolorella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in southern Russia....
Sinev, 1984 - Ascalenia echidniasAscalenia echidniasAscalenia echidnias is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found on Madeira, Sardinia and Malta and from North Africa to Asia Minor. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas....
(Meyrick, 1891) - Ascalenia epicrypta Meyrick, 1915
- Ascalenia exodroma (Meyrick, 1897)
- Ascalenia gastrocosma Meyrick, 1931
- Ascalenia grisellaAscalenia grisellaAscalenia grisella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Armenia.The wingspan is about 9.7 mm.The larvae feed on Tamarix species, creating a stem gall....
Kusnetzov, 1957 - Ascalenia heterosticta Meyrick, 1917
- Ascalenia icriota Meyrick, 1915
- Ascalenia imbella Kasy, 1975
- Ascalenia isotacta Meyrick, 1911
- Ascalenia jerichoella Amsel, 1935
- Ascalenia kabulellaAscalenia kabulellaAscalenia kabulella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Afghanistan.The wingspan is 7.1-8.8 mm....
Kasy, 1969 - Ascalenia kairaellaAscalenia kairaellaAscalenia kairaella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in the United Arab Emirates, Iran and India.The wingspan is 5.5-8 mm....
Kasy, 1969 - Ascalenia liparophanes Meyrick, 1932
- Ascalenia melanogastraAscalenia melanogastraAscalenia melanogastra is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1918) - Ascalenia molifera Meyrick, 1915
- Ascalenia nudicornisAscalenia nudicornisAscalenia nudicornis is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in South Africa.The larvae possibly feed on Tamarix species....
(Meyrick, 1913) - Ascalenia pachnodesAscalenia pachnodesAscalenia pachnodes is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It has been recorded from Nubia and India .The wingspan is 6-9.2 mm....
Meyrick, 1917 - Ascalenia pancrypta (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ascalenia phalacra Meyrick, 1909
- Ascalenia phaneracmaAscalenia phaneracmaAscalenia phaneracma is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Zimbabwe....
Meyrick, 1921 - Ascalenia plumbata (Meyrick, 1915)
- Ascalenia praediata Meyrick, 1922
- Ascalenia pseudofusella Legrand, 1965
- Ascalenia pulverataAscalenia pulverataAscalenia pulverata is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1913) - Ascalenia revelata Meyrick, 1922
- Ascalenia scotochalca Meyrick, 1934
- Ascalenia secretiferaAscalenia secretiferaAscalenia secretifera is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Ethiopia....
Meyrick, 1932 - Ascalenia semnostola (Meyrick, 1897)
- Ascalenia sirjanella Kasy, 1975
- Ascalenia spermatica Meyrick, 1915
- Ascalenia staurocentraAscalenia staurocentraAscalenia staurocentra is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1915) - Ascalenia subusta Meyrick, 1921
- Ascalenia synclina Meyrick, 1908
- Ascalenia thoracista Meyrick, 1915
- Ascalenia unifasciellaAscalenia unifasciellaAscalenia unifasciella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Afghanistan.The wingspan is 6-7.2 mm....
Kasy, 1969 - Ascalenia vadata Meyrick, 1922
- Ascalenia vanellaAscalenia vanellaAscalenia vanella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Crete, Italy, Sicily, Ukraine and southern Russia. It is also found on the Canary Islands and in Asia Minor....
(Frey, 1860) - Ascalenia vanelloidesAscalenia vanelloidesAscalenia vanelloides is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Turkey, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.The wingspan is 8-10.1 mm....
Gerasimov, 1930 - Ascalenia viviparellaAscalenia viviparellaAscalenia viviparella is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine and southern Russia.The wingspan is 7.5-9.5 mm. Adults have been recorded from May to June in Afghanistan and Iran....
Kasy, 1969
Former species
- Ascalenia antidesma
- Ascalenia cardinata
- Ascalenia conformata
- Ascalenia eremella
- Ascalenia leucomelanella
- Ascalenia maculatella
- Ascalenia noviciata
- Ascalenia oranella
- Ascalenia satellita
- Ascalenia seeboldiella
- Ascalenia signatella
- Ascalenia stagnans
- Ascalenia tergipunctella