Ascalenia grisella
| Ascalenia grisella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Ascalenia |
| Species: | A. grisella
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| Binomial name | |
| Ascalenia grisella Kuznetzov, 1957 [1]
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Ascalenia grisella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Armenia.
The wingspan is about 9.7 mm (0.38 in).[2]
The larvae feed on Tamarix species, creating a stem gall.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Ascalenia grisella.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ascalenia grisella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ "Vorläufige Revision der Gattung Ascalenia Wocke (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)"