Ascalenia pachnodes

Ascalenia pachnodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Ascalenia
Species:	A. pachnodes
Binomial name
	Ascalenia pachnodes; (Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
	Cholotis pachnodes Meyrick, 1917;

Ascalenia pachnodes is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It has been recorded from Nubia and India (Bengal).

The wingspan is 6-9.2 mm.^[1]

The larvae feed on the twigs of Tamarix species, including Tamarix gallica, Tamarix indica and Tamarix dioica.

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