Ascalenia vanella

Ascalenia vanella
Scientific classification
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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