Elachista thallophora

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Elachista thallophora
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. thallophora
Binomial name
Elachista thallophora
Meyrick, 1888

Elachista thallophora is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. [1] It is found in New Zealand. [2]

The wingspan is 8–15 mm. The forewings are pearly white with an ochreous-brown longitudinal streak from the base of the costa, and another from the base in the middle, converging to a point in the disc at four-fifths, where they terminate. There is an ochreous-brown streak along the inner margin from the base to the anal angle. In males, these markings are thicker, darker, and more suffused, and the posterior half of the costa is also suffused with brown. The hindwings are 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 thallophora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. Markku Savela, ed. (9 May 2023). "Elachista". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 21: 154–186 via Papers Past.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .