Ascalenia exodroma is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Ascalenia |
| Species: | A. exodroma
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| Binomial name | |
| Ascalenia exodroma (Meyrick, 1897)
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This species feeds on spun leaflets of Acacia decurrens. The adults have a wingspan of 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in).[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Ascalenia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via FUNET.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cholotis exodroma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
- ^ Meyrick, 1897. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. XVII. Elachistidae Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2): 356–357.