Elachista exaula

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Elachista exaula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. exaula
Binomial name
Elachista exaula
Meyrick, 1889

Elachista exaula is a moth in the family Elachistidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. [1] It is found in New Zealand. [2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, irrorated with grey, more closely and suffusedly on the costa and more yellowish-tinged in the disc. There is a slender black median streak from near the base to before the middle and a black elongate dot in the disc above the middle, and a second, larger and more distinctly elongate, below it. There is also a slender black median streak from two-thirds to near the apex. The hindwings are grey. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Lauri Kaila (11 July 2019). "An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)". Zootaxa . 4632 (1): 1–231. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4632.1.1. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   31712495. Wikidata   Q86984314.
  2. Elachista at funet
  3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 21, 1888