''Ascalenia'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

s in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Species

*'' Ascalenia acaciella'' Chretien, 1915 *'' Ascalenia albitergis'' Meyrick, 1926 *'' Ascalenia antiqua'' Meyrick, 1925 *'' Ascalenia archaica'' Meyrick, 1917 *'' Ascalenia beieri'' Kasy, 1968 *'' Ascalenia bialbipunctella'' Legrand, 1965 *'' Ascalenia bifasciella'' Chrétien, 1915 *'' Ascalenia callynella'' Kasy, 1968 *'' Ascalenia centropselia'' Meyrick, 1931 *'' Ascalenia crypsiloga'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Ascalenia decolorella'' Sinev, 1984 *'' Ascalenia echidnias'' (Meyrick, 1891) *'' Ascalenia epicrypta'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Ascalenia exodroma'' (Meyrick, 1897) *'' Ascalenia gastrocosma'' Meyrick, 1931 *'' Ascalenia grisella'' Kusnetzov, 1957 *'' Ascalenia icriota'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Ascalenia imbella'' Kasy, 1975 *'' Ascalenia isotacta'' Meyrick, 1911 *'' Ascalenia jerichoella'' Amsel, 1935 *'' Ascalenia kabulella'' Kasy, 1969 *'' Ascalenia kairaella'' Kasy, 1969 *'' Ascalenia liparophanes'' Meyrick, 1932 *'' Ascalenia melanogastra'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Ascalenia molifera'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Ascalenia nudicornis'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Ascalenia pachnodes'' Meyrick, 1917 *'' Ascalenia pancrypta'' (Meyrick, 1915) *'' Ascalenia phaneracma'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Ascalenia plumbata'' (Meyrick, 1915) *'' Ascalenia praediata'' Meyrick, 1922 *'' Ascalenia pseudofusella'' Legrand, 1965 *'' Ascalenia pulverata'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Ascalenia revelata'' Meyrick, 1922 *'' Ascalenia scotochalca'' Meyrick, 1934 *'' Ascalenia secretifera'' Meyrick, 1932 *'' Ascalenia semnostola'' (Meyrick, 1897) *'' Ascalenia sirjanella'' Kasy, 1975 *'' Ascalenia spermatica'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Ascalenia staurocentra'' (Meyrick, 1915) *'' Ascalenia subusta'' Meyrick, 1921 *'' Ascalenia synclina'' Meyrick, 1908 *''

Ascalenia thoracista ''Ascalenia thoracista'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இல� ...

'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Ascalenia unifasciella'' Kasy, 1969 *'' Ascalenia vadata'' Meyrick, 1922 *'' Ascalenia vanella'' (Frey, 1860) *'' Ascalenia vanelloides'' Gerasimov, 1930 *'' Ascalenia viviparella'' Kasy, 1969

Former species

*'' Ascalenia antidesma'' *'' Ascalenia ceanothiella'' Meyrick, 1915 *'' Ascalenia cardinata'' *'' Ascalenia conformata'' *'' Ascalenia eremella'' *'' Ascalenia heterosticta'' Meyrick, 1917 *'' Ascalenia leucomelanella'' *'' Ascalenia maculatella'' *'' Ascalenia noviciata'' *'' Ascalenia oranella'' *'' Ascalenia phalacra'' Meyrick, 1909 *'' Ascalenia satellita'' *'' Ascalenia seeboldiella'' *'' Ascalenia signatella'' *'' Ascalenia stagnans'' *'' Ascalenia tergipunctella''

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus databaseAscalenia at Fauna EuropaeaAscalenia at Afro Moths
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Kasy; 1969/ Vorläufige Revision der Gattung Ascalenia Wocke (Lepidoptera, Walshiidae)
Chrysopeleiinae Moth genera {{Chrysopeleiinae-stub