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Ascalenia cafrina Bippus, 2021

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Higher taxa: Cosmopterigidae (family)/  Chrysopeleiinae (subfamily)/  Ascalenia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Bippus, 2021
Citation:Ascalenia cafrina spec. nov.
Original genus:Ascalenia
Publication:Bippus M. 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae).
Journal:Atalanta
Volume:52
Issue:1–2
Pagination:162, figs 1–5
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Ascalenia cafrina Bippus, 2021 Holotype ♂ RMNH Holotype ♂, type no 1283512, RMNH Réunion Réunion, La Possession, 90 m, e.l. Acacia farnesiana 19.vii.2016, leg. M. Bippus.
Ascalenia cafrina Bippus, 2021 Paratype ♂ RMNH Paratypes 3♂, 3♀, genitalia slides RE-2707♂, RE-2787♀, RMNH, coll. Bippus. Réunion Réunion, La Possession, 90 m, e.l. Acacia farnesiana 19.vii.2016, leg. M. Bippus.
Distribution note:

Probably imported (see M. Bippus (2021: 162).

Bippus M. 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Ascalenia cafrina Bippus, 2021 Réunion Bippus M. 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). page 162
Plant note:

In the flowers (see M. Bippus 2021: 162).

Bippus M. 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae).
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Ascalenia cafrina Bippus, 2021 Acacia farnesiana Fabaceae Réunion Bippus M. 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). page 162
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination