Ascalenia echidnias

Ascalenia echidnias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Madeira, Sardinia and Malta[1] and from North Africa to Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas.[2]

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
  • Elachista echidnias Meyrick, 1891
  • Ascalenia oranella D. Lucas, 1939
  • Ascalenia satellita Gozmany, 1960
  • Ascalenia signatella Chretien, 1915

The wingspan is about 9 mm.[3] Adults have been recorded from April to June and from September to October.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  3. lepiforum.de


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