| Elachista metallifera | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. metallifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista metallifera Lower, 1908 | |
Elachista metallifera is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1908. [1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland. [2]
The name metallifera is preoccupied by Mompha metallifera , described by Lord Walsingham in 1882. The identity of this species is uncertain, because the holotype is lost. [3]
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.
Elachista albidella is a moth of the family Elachistidae, described by William Nylander in 1848. Its wingspan ranges from 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in).The head is white. Forewings are white, costa and sometimes dorsum suffused with fuscous; plical stigma large, elongate, black ; an angulated fuscous fascia beyond middle, angle acutely produced towards apex ; small fuscous costal and dorsal spots near apex. Hindwings are rather dark grey.The larva is greenish-grey, more yellowish anteriorly; head dark brown.
Elachista is a genus of gelechioid moths described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1833. It is the type genus of the grass-miner moth family (Elachistidae). This family is sometimes circumscribed very loosely, including for example the Agonoxenidae and Ethmiidae which seem to be quite distinct among the Gelechioidea, as well as other lineages which are widely held to be closer to Oecophora than to Elachista and are thus placed in the concealer moth family Oecophoridae here.
Elachista glomerella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is endemic to northern Queensland, Australia.
Elachista filiphila is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found along the southern coast of Western Australia.
Elachista gerasmia is a species of moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in New Zealand and south eastern Australia.
Elachista unicornis is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Parenti in 1991. It is found in Mongolia.
Elachista tinctella is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia.
Elachista solena is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It is found in New Guinea.
Elachista sinevi is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sruoga in 1992. It is found in Kazakhstan.
Elachista blancella is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Traugott-Olsen in 1992. It is found in Turkey.
Elachista wadielhiraensis is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Traugott-Olsen in 1992. It is found in Libya.
Elachista laquaeorum is a species of moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by John S. Dugdale in 1971. It is found on the Snares Islands south of New Zealand.
"Elachista" argopis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
"Elachista" cataptila is a moth with an unclear taxonomic position. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.
Elachista demogenes is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.
Elachista sagittifera is a species of moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1927. It is endemic to New Zealand and is known from Arthur's Pass. It is similar in appearance to Elachista thallophora. Adults are on the wing in February.
Elachista eurychora is a species of moth in the family Elachistidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has only been collected at Paekākāriki. The habitat where the adult moth was originally collected was in rough vegetation on coastal sandhills or dunes but the collection locality has been significantly modified since that time. It has been hypothesised that the host of the larvae of this species is a grass. Adults are on the wing in March. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.
Elachista hookeri is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by John S. Dugdale in 1971. It is found in New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the Auckland Islands.
Elachista vastata is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in India.