| Elachista cretula | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. cretula |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista cretula Kaila, 2011 | |
Elachista cretula is a moth species in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2011. [1] [ failed verification ] It is found in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
The Elachistidae are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and completely unnatural assemblage, united merely by symplesiomorphies retained from the first gelechioid moths.
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Elachista aspila is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Washington, Alberta and Oregon.
Elachista louisella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in California.
Elachista triangulifera is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Oregon.
Elachista sabulella is a moth of the family Elachistidae which is indigenous to California. The name of the species is derived from the Latin sabulum, meaning gravel or sand.
Elachista nucula is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Colorado and Utah.
Elachista perniva is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Saskatchewan, Colorado and Wyoming.
Elachista apina is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in British Columbia, Oregon and Washington.
Elachista longispina is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Kenya.
Elachista crocogastra is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Madagascar and South Africa.
Elachista bassii is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in the north of Nepal.
Elachista uniolae is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Kentucky.
Elachista saccharella, the sugarcane leafminer moth, is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Florida, and Louisiana in the United States and in Cuba.
Elachista caliginosa is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Parenti in 1983. It is found in Japan (Honshu) and the Russian Far East.
Elachista planicara is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 1998. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East (Kuriles).
Elachista sinevi is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sruoga in 1992. It is found in Kazakhstan.
Elachista enochra is a moth species in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Lauri Kaila in 2011. It is found in Turkmenistan.