Ashinaga

This article is about Ashinaga, a genus of moths in the Oecophoridae family. For Ashinaga, the non-profit organization, see Ashinaga (organization).
Ashinaga
Ashinaga longimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Ashinaga
Matsumura, 1929
Synonyms
  • Aeolarcha Meyrick, 1931

Ashinaga is a genus of moths in the Oecophoridae family.

Species

Taxonomy

The genus was previously assigned to its own family, Ashinagaidae. Later, it was assigned to the Chimabachinae as well as the Stathmopodinae subfamilies 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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