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Ascalenia vanelloides

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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[1]
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.[2] Adults are on wing from April to August, probably in more than one generation per year.

The larvae possibly feed on Prosopis stephaniana.

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