Ashinaga
Genus of moths
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Ashinaga is a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae.
| Ashinaga | |
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| Ashinaga longimana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Oecophorinae |
| Genus: | Ashinaga Matsumura, 1929 |
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Species
- Ashinaga eophthalma (Meyrick, 1931) (previously in Aeolarcha)
- Ashinaga longimana Matsumura, 1929
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]
