Ashinaga

This article is about Ashinaga, a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae. For Ashinaga, the non-profit organization, see Ashinaga (organization).

Ashinaga
Ashinaga longimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Subfamily:	Oecophorinae
Genus:	Ashinaga Matsumura, 1929
Synonyms
AeolarchaMeyrick, 1931

Ashinaga is a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae.

Species

• Ashinaga eophthalma (Meyrick, 1931) (previously in Aeolarcha)
• Ashinaga longimana Matsumura, 1929

Taxonomy

The genus was previously assigned to its own family, Ashinagaidae. Later, it was assigned to the subfamilies Chimabachinae as well as Stathmopodinae until it was finally placed in the Oecophoridae. ^[1]

References

1. The genus Ashinaga Matsumura, 1929 and its position in the classification of the gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiiformes)