Ascalenia grisella
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Ascalenia |
Species: | A. grisella
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Binomial name | |
Ascalenia grisella Kuznetzov, 1957 [1]
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Ascalenia grisella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Armenia.
The wingspan is about 9.7 mm (0.38 in).[2]
The larvae feed on Tamarix species, creating a stem gall.
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- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ascalenia grisella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ "Vorläufige Revision der Gattung Ascalenia Wocke (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)"