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(Redirected from Ascalenia heterosticta) Species of moth

Bifascioides leucomelanella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Bifascioides
Species: B. leucomelanella
Binomial name
Bifascioides leucomelanella
(Rebel, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Elachista leucomelanella Rebel, 1916
  • Bifascioides leucomelanellus
  • Ascalenia leucomelanella
  • Ascalenia pirastica Meyrick, 1936
  • Limnoecia heterosticta Meyrick, 1917

Bifascioides leucomelanella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Libya, Egypt and on Malta. It has also been recorded from Sudan, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. Adults have been recorded in February and from May to the end of August. There is probably more than one generation per year.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Afro Moths
Taxon identifiers
Bifascioides leucomelanella


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