Ascalenia callynella Kasy, 1968

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FAMILY Cosmopterigidae
SUBFAMILY Chrysopeleiinae
GENUS Ascalenia
SPECIES callynella
AUTHORKasy, 1968
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONAscalenia callynella n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[Sudan], Unteraegypten, Nubien, Wadi Halfa, 22–25.i.1962, leg. Nubien-Expedition, Museum Vindobonae.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: 21°47'0" Longitude: 31°22'0"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, genitalia slide 3557♂, NHMW; Paratypes 3♂, 3♀, NHMW.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Kasy F. 1968b. Ergebnisse der zoologischen Nubien-Expedition 1962. Teil XXXV Lepidoptera: Walshiidae. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 72:497–525.
PAGINATION 502–506, figs 7, 8

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Egypt   Kasy F. 1968b. Ergebnisse der zoologischen Nubien-Expedition 1962. Teil XXXV Lepidoptera: Walshiidae. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 72:497–525. 505
Sudan   Kasy F. 1968b. Ergebnisse der zoologischen Nubien-Expedition 1962. Teil XXXV Lepidoptera: Walshiidae. - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 72:497–525. 502
United Arab Emirates   Koster J. C. 2010b. Order Lepidoptera, family Cosmopterigidae. – In: A. van Harten (Ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. - — 3:532–551. 545

Notes:  Palaearctic: Iran, Israel.

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Tamaricaceae Tamarix sp.   Kasy F. 1975. Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Walshiidae-Fauna von Südpersien (Lepidoptera). - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 79:237–244.