Elachista sparsula

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Elachista sparsula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. sparsula
Binomial name
Elachista sparsula
Meyrick, 1921

Elachista sparsula is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa. [1]

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are white, more or less thinly speckled with fuscous or dark fuscous, the plical and second discal stigmata represented by short linear marks of similar dark scales. There are oblique short linear marks of similar scales at the apex and tornus more or less indicated. The hindwings are grey. [2] :114

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References

  1. "Elachista sparsula Meyrick, 1921". AfroMoths. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. Pretoria: Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 49–148.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .