Ascalenia pachnodes

Ascalenia pachnodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Ascalenia
Species:	A. pachnodes
Binomial name
Ascalenia pachnodes (Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
Cholotis pachnodes Meyrick, 1917

Ascalenia pachnodes is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It has been recorded from Nubia and India (Bengal).

The wingspan is 6-9.2 mm.^[1]

The larvae feed on the twigs of Tamarix species, including Tamarix gallica, Tamarix indica and Tamarix dioica.

References

1. ^ Vorläufige Revision der Gattung Ascalenia Wocke (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)

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