| Elachista kakamegensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. kakamegensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista kakamegensis | |
Elachista kakamegensis is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Kenya. [1]
The wingspan is about 5.3 mm for males and 6.8 mm for females.
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 pollutella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from France and Belgium to Ukraine and from Germany to Italy, Hungary and Romania. It has also been recorded from Greece, southern parts of European Russia and the Crimea, Siberian Russia and Mongolia.
Elachista modesta is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Greece and Turkey.
Elachista vulcana is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain and Morocco.
Elachista aspila is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Washington, Alberta and Oregon.
Elachista coniophora is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in California, United States.
Elachista orestella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Alberta, Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon, Alaska, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.
Elachista spatiosa is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in California, United States.
Elachista acenteta is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Colorado and Nebraska.
Elachista anagna is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States in Arizona and Colorado.
Elachista achrantella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Saskatchewan and Colorado.
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Elachista brevis is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Kenya.
Elachista longispina is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Kenya.
Elachista planca 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 solitaria is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kentucky and Ohio.