Ascalenia pachnodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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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