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Ascalenia echidnias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Ascalenia
Species:	A. echidnias
Binomial name
Ascalenia echidnias (Meyrick, 1891)
Synonyms
Elachista echidnias Meyrick, 1891 Ascalenia oranella D. Lucas, 1939 Ascalenia satellita Gozmany, 1960 Ascalenia signatella Chretien, 1915

Ascalenia echidnias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Madeira, Sardinia and Malta and from North Africa to Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas.

The wingspan is about 9 mm (0.35 in). Adults have been recorded from April to June and from September to October.

References

1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ascalenia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via FUNET.
2. Fauna Europaea
3. "Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
4. lepiforum.de

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