Ascalenia melanogastra (Meyrick, 1918)

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Permalink:	ASCAMELA
Higher taxa:	Cosmopterigidae (family)/  Chrysopeleiinae (subfamily)/  Ascalenia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Meyrick, 1918)
Citation:	Cholotis melanogastra n. sp.
Original genus:	Cholotis
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Annals of the Transvaal Museum
Volume:	6
Issue:	2
Pagination:	28
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50361254

Ascalenia melanogastra (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Ascalenia melanogastra (Meyrick, 1918)	Holotype	♂	TMSA	Holotype ♂, type no 899, genitalia slide 4465, TMSA.	South Africa	[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Zululand, Nkwaleni, 10.i.1916, leg. A. J. T. Janse.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Ascalenia melanogastra (Meyrick, 1918)	Namibia		Sinev S. Yu. 2004. Agonoxenidae, Batrachedridae, Blastobasidae, Chrysopeleiidae, Cosmopterigidae, and Stathmopodidae (Lepidotera: Gelechioidea). – In: Mey, Z. (Ed.) The Lepidoptera of the Brandberg Massif in Namibia. page 110
Ascalenia melanogastra (Meyrick, 1918)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. page 28

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Ascalenia melanogastra (1)

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