Ascalenia echidnias
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A. echidnias
Binomial name
Ascalenia echidnias
(Meyrick, 1891)
Synonyms[1]
  • Elachista echidnias Meyrick, 1891
  • Ascalenia oranella D. Lucas, 1939
  • Ascalenia satellita Gozmany, 1960
  • Ascalenia signatella Chretien, 1915

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

  1. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ascalenia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020 via FUNET.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. "Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. lepiforum.de


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