Ascalenia molifera is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Ascalenia molifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Ascalenia
Species:
A. molifera
Binomial name
Ascalenia molifera
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Cholotis molifera Meyrick, 1915

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Ascalenia molifera​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2018.