Ascalenia vanella

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Ascalenia vanella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Ascalenia
Species:
A. vanella
Binomial name
Ascalenia vanella
(Frey, 1860)[1]
Synonyms
  • Laverna vanella Frey, 1860
  • Laverna seeboldiella Ragonot, 1882
  • Ascalenia seeboldiella

Ascalenia vanella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Greece, Crete, Italy, Sicily, Ukraine and southern Russia. It is also found on the Canary Islands and in Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 7–10.5 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on the buds of and possibly Tamarix species.

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