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Ascalenia semnostola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Ascalenia
Species:	A. semnostola
Binomial name
Ascalenia semnostola (Meyrick, 1897)
Synonyms
Pyroderces semnostola Meyrick, 1897 Cholotis semnostola

Ascalenia semnostola is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It was described from the Australian state of New South Wales, but has also been recorded from South Africa.

This species feeds on Acacia decurrens forming an elongate three-sided chamber with silk. The adults have a wingspan of 8–12 mm.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Cholotis semnostola​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ascalenia semnostola (Meyrick, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
3. Meyrick, 1897. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2): 356 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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