Ascalenia echidnias

Ascalenia echidnias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Madeira, Sardinia and Malta[2] and from North Africa to Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas.[3]

Ascalenia echidnias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Cosmopterigidae
Genus:
Ascalenia
Species:
A. echidnias
Binomial name
Ascalenia echidnias
(Meyrick, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Elachista echidnias Meyrick, 1891
  • Ascalenia oranella D. Lucas, 1939
  • Ascalenia satellita Gozmany, 1960
  • Ascalenia signatella Chretien, 1915

The wingspan is about 9 mm (0.35 in).[4] 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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