Ashinaga Explained

Ashinaga is a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae.

Species

• Ashinaga eophthalma (Meyrick, 1931) (previously in Aeolarcha)
• Ashinaga longimana Matsumura, 1929

Taxonomy

The genus was previously assigned to its own family, Ashinagaidae. Later, it was assigned to the subfamilies Chimabachinae as well as Stathmopodinae until it was finally placed in the Oecophoridae.^[1]

Notes and References

1. https://doi.org/10.1134%2FS0013873808010077 The genus Ashinaga Matsumura, 1929 and its position in the classification of the gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiiformes)