Ascalenia semnostola

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Ascalenia semnostola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Ascalenia
Species:
A. semnostola
Binomial name
Ascalenia semnostola
(Meyrick, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Pyroderces semnostolaMeyrick, 1897
  • Cholotis 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, [1] but has also been recorded from South Africa. [2]

This species feeds on Acacia decurrens forming an elongate three-sided chamber with silk. The adults have a wingspan of 8–12 mm. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cholotis semnostola". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Ascalenia semnostola (Meyrick, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 4, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. Meyrick, 1897. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2): 356