Ashinaga

Ashinaga is a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae.

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Ashinaga
Ashinaga longimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Ashinaga

Matsumura, 1929
Synonyms
  • Aeolarcha Meyrick, 1931

Species

Taxonomy

The genus was previously assigned to its own family, Ashinagaidae. Later, it was assigned to the subfamilies Chimabachinae as well as Stathmopodinae until it was finally placed in the Oecophoridae.[1]

References
  1. The genus Ashinaga Matsumura, 1929 and its position in the classification of the gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera, Gelechiiformes)


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