Ascalenia vanella

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Ascalenia vanella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Asia Minor
.

The wingspan is 7–10.5 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on the buds of Myricaria germanica and possibly Tamarix species.

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