''Ascalenia'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Cosmopterigidae
The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...
.
Species
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Ascalenia acaciella
''Ascalenia acaciella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on the Canary Islands and Malta, North Africa, the Near East, Near and Middle East and east to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas ...
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Chretien, 1915
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Ascalenia albitergis''
Meyrick, 1926
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Ascalenia antiqua''
Meyrick, 1925
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Ascalenia archaica''
Meyrick, 1917
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Ascalenia beieri''
Kasy, 1968
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Ascalenia bialbipunctella''
Legrand, 1965
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Ascalenia bifasciella''
Chrétien, 1915
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Ascalenia callynella''
Kasy, 1968
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Ascalenia centropselia''
Meyrick, 1931
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Ascalenia crypsiloga''
Meyrick, 1915
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Ascalenia decolorella''
Sinev, 1984
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Ascalenia echidnias''
(Meyrick, 1891)
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Ascalenia epicrypta''
Meyrick, 1915
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Ascalenia exodroma''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Ascalenia gastrocosma''
Meyrick, 1931
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Ascalenia grisella
''Ascalenia grisella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Armenia.
The wingspan is about .
The larvae feed on ''Tamarix'' species, creating a stem gall
Galls (from the Latin , 'oak-apple') or ''cecidia'' (from the Greek ...
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Kusnetzov, 1957
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Ascalenia icriota''
Meyrick, 1915
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Ascalenia imbella''
Kasy, 1975
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Ascalenia isotacta''
Meyrick, 1911
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Ascalenia jerichoella
''Ascalenia jerichoella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Israel.J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lynebor ...
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Amsel, 1935
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Ascalenia kabulella''
Kasy, 1969
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Ascalenia kairaella''
Kasy, 1969
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Ascalenia liparophanes''
Meyrick, 1932
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Ascalenia melanogastra''
(Meyrick, 1918)
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Ascalenia molifera''
Meyrick, 1915
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Ascalenia nudicornis''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Ascalenia pachnodes''
Meyrick, 1917
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Ascalenia pancrypta''
(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ascalenia phaneracma''
Meyrick, 1921
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Ascalenia plumbata''
(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ascalenia praediata''
Meyrick, 1922
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Ascalenia pseudofusella
''Ascalenia pseudofusella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Henry Legrand in 1965. It is found on the Seychelles
Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (; Seychellois Creole: ), is an island ...
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Legrand, 1965
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Ascalenia pulverata''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Ascalenia revelata''
Meyrick, 1922
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Ascalenia scotochalca''
Meyrick, 1934
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Ascalenia secretifera''
Meyrick, 1932
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Ascalenia 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 ''Aca ...
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(Meyrick, 1897)
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Ascalenia sirjanella''
Kasy, 1975
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Ascalenia spermatica''
Meyrick, 1915
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Ascalenia staurocentra''
(Meyrick, 1915)
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Ascalenia subusta''
Meyrick, 1921
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Ascalenia synclina
''Ascalenia synclina'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in India and on Java
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the sout ...
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Meyrick, 1908
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Ascalenia thoracista''
Meyrick, 1915
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Ascalenia unifasciella''
Kasy, 1969
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Ascalenia vadata''
Meyrick, 1922
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Ascalenia vanella''
(Frey, 1860)
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Ascalenia vanelloides''
Gerasimov, 1930
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Ascalenia viviparella''
Kasy, 1969
Former species
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Ascalenia antidesma''
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Ascalenia ceanothiella''
Meyrick, 1915
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Ascalenia cardinata''
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Ascalenia conformata''
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Ascalenia eremella
''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
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or ...
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Ascalenia heterosticta''
Meyrick, 1917
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Ascalenia leucomelanella''
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Ascalenia maculatella''
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Ascalenia noviciata''
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Ascalenia oranella''
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Ascalenia phalacra''
Meyrick, 1909
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Ascalenia satellita
''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
The wingspan (or just s ...
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Ascalenia seeboldiella''
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Ascalenia signatella''
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Ascalenia stagnans''
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Ascalenia tergipunctella''
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseAscalenia at Fauna EuropaeaAscalenia at Afro Moths
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Kasy; 1969/ Vorläufige Revision der Gattung Ascalenia Wocke (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)
Chrysopeleiinae
Cosmopterigidae genera
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