Ascalenia echidnias explained

Ascalenia echidnias is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Madeira, Sardinia and Malta[1] and from North Africa to Asia Minor and Iran. The habitat consists of dry or desert-like areas.[2]

The wingspan is about .[3] Adults have been recorded from April to June and from September to October.

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015003559/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=436649 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.soceurlep.eu/tl_files/nota/bd29_1/06%20Koster_final.indd.pdf "Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands"
  3. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Ascalenia_Echidnias lepiforum.de

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