Ascalenia echidnias
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| Ascalenia echidnias (Meyrick, 1891)
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Ascalenia echidnias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Madeira, Sardinia and Malta[2] and from North Africa to Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas.[3]
The wingspan is about 9 mm (0.35 in).[4] Adults have been recorded from April to June and from September to October.
References[]
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ascalenia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ lepiforum.de
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Categories:
- Moths described in 1891
- Ascalenia
- Moths of Europe
- Moths of Asia
- Moths of Africa
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