Elachista nuraghella

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Elachista nuraghella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. nuraghella
Binomial name
Elachista nuraghella
Amsel, 1951 [1]

Elachista nuraghella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta and in France, Italy, and Austria. It is also found in Algeria and Tunisia. Records from Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey refer to Elachista grotenfelti .

Adults are a single colour, white or creamy white, with variably paler or darker grey hindwings.

The larvae feed on Dasypyrum villosum . [2]

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Kaila, L. & Mutanen, M., 2012: DNA barcoding and morphology support the division of Elachista nuraghella sensu auctorum (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) into two vicariant species, Zootaxa3343: 57–68.