Elachista lorigera

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Elachista lorigera
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E. lorigera
Binomial name
Elachista lorigera
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Ptilodoxa lorigera Meyrick, 1921

Elachista lorigera is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. [1] It is found on Java. [2]

The wingspan is about six millimetres (0.24 in). The forewings are dark fuscous, speckled with whitish on the basal half and towards the dorsum. There is a large dark fuscous tuft towards the dorsum before the middle and an oblique ochreous-white streak from the costa before the middle reaching half across the wing, between this and the base is some whitish suffusion towards the costa and there is an irregular-edged ochreous-white streak from 23 of the costa to just below the apex, broadened anteriorly by an extension over the cilia. The hindwings are dark grey. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista lorigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 23, 2018.
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  3. Zool. Meded. Leyden 6 : 186