Flax elachista

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Flax elachista
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Flax
Species:
F. elachista
Binomial name
Flax elachista
(D. S. Fletcher, 1957)
Synonyms
  • Anachrostis elachistaD. S. Fletcher, 1957

Flax elachista is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by David Stephen Fletcher in 1957. It is found on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands.

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are light brown, with brown subterminal and terminal areas. The base of the costa, and all of the medial area are also brown. The crosslines are indistinct and light brown. The subterminal line is brown and the terminal line is only indicated by dark-brown interveinal dots. The hindwings are light grey. The underside of the forewings is unicolorous brown and the underside of the hindwings is grey with a discal spot.

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