Ascalenia antiqua Meyrick, 1925
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Cosmopterigidae
- genus
- Ascalenia
- species
- Ascalenia antiqua
Abstract
Ascalenia antiqua is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Israel and Egypt.J. C. Koster, S. Yu. Sinev: Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae, Agonoxenidae, Cosmopterigidae, Chrysopeleiidae. In: P. Huemer, O. Karsholt, L. Lyneborg (Hrsg.): Microlepidoptera of Europe. 1st ed. vol. 5, Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2003, , p. 179. The wingspan is about . Adults have been recorded between September and January. The larvae feed on Tamarix aphylla. They live in galls made by Eriophyes species in the twigs of their host plant. Pupation also takes place in this gall.
Name
- Homonyms
- Ascalenia antiqua Meyrick, 1925