kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Arthropoda >
class: Insecta >
order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 >
superfamily: Gelechioidea Stainton, 1854 >
family: Cosmopterigidae Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 >
subfamily: Chrysopeleiinae Mosher, 1916 >
genus: Ascalenia Wocke, 1876 >