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Ascalenia vanelloides

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Species of moth

Ascalenia vanelloides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Ascalenia
Species: A. vanelloides
Binomial name
Ascalenia vanelloides
Gerasimov, 1930
Synonyms
  • Ascalenia eremella Amsel, 1935

Ascalenia vanelloides is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Turkey, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The wingspan is 8–10.1 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August, probably in more than one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on Prosopis stephaniana.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Vorläufige Revision der Gattung Ascalenia Wocke (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)
Taxon identifiers
Ascalenia vanelloides


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