{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{redirect|Otosema|the defunct legume genus|Millettia{{!}}''Millettia''}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Ascalapha | image = Starr 001215 0060 ascalapha odorata.jpg | image_caption = ''Ascalapha odorata'' | authority = Hübner, [1809] | synonyms = *''Idechthis'' <small>Hubner, 1821</small> *''Otosema'' <small>Hubner, 1823</small> }}

'''''Ascalapha''''' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1809.<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=July 3, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/erebinae/ascalapha/ |title=''Ascalapha'' Hübner, [1809] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=December 17, 2019}}</ref>

==Species== * ''Ascalapha odorata'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> &ndash; black witch

==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Noctuidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}

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Category:Thermesiini Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner

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