Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Cosmopterigidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Ascalenia | |
Ascalenia vanelloides is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Turkey, the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The wingspan is 8-10.1 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August, probably in more than one generation per year.
The larvae possibly feed on Prosopis stephaniana.
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