Elachista alicanta

Elachista alicanta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. alicanta
Binomial name
	Elachista alicanta; Kaila, 2005

Last updated December 20, 2023

Elachista alicanta is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in southern Spain. The habitat consists of xerothermic steppe slopes on calcareous soil.

The length of the forewings is 5–5.5 millimetres (0.20–0.22 in) for males and 4–4.5 millimetres (0.16–0.18 in) for females.^[2]

Related Research Articles

Elachista tengstromi is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and Japan. The moth was formerly considered to be a form of Elachista regificella.

Elachista pullicomella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe, east into Russia.

Elachista saarelai is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to southern Finland.

Elachista megagnathos is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Russia.

Elachista zonulae is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in the Alps, the Tatra Mountains in Poland, the Tian Shan Mountains in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan and the Altai Mountains in Siberia.

Elachista vonschantzi is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found along the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia.

Elachista tanaella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is only known from northern Norway.

Elachista heinemanni is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Alps.

Elachista hedemanni is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Germany to Spain and Romania. It is also found in Ukraine and Russia.

Elachista fasciola is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Europe east through Russia to Japan.

Elachista dispilella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Romania.

Elachista deriventa is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in southern Finland and Sweden.

Elachista compsa is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and the Baltic region to Germany, Poland to Italy.

Elachista cingillella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

Elachista chrysodesmella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from France to Russia and Ukraine.

Elachista anserinella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Scandinavia and the Baltic region to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from France to Russia.

Elachista totalbella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Algeria and Tunisia.

Elachista anatoliensis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Greece, Turkey and Turkmenistan.

Elachista wieseriella is a moth of the family Elachistidae which is endemic to Austria.

Elachista imatrella is a moth of the family Elachistidae which is endemic to Finland.

References

↑ "Elachista (Dibrachia) alicanta Kaila, 2005". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
↑ "A review of Dibrachia Sinev & Sruoga, 1992, a subgenus of Elachista (Elachistidae: Elachistinae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

This article on a moth of the genus Elachista is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] "Elachista (Dibrachia) alicanta Kaila, 2005". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.

[2] "A review of Dibrachia Sinev & Sruoga, 1992, a subgenus of Elachista (Elachistidae: Elachistinae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

[1]

[2]