Elachista fuliginea

Elachista fuliginea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. fuliginea
Binomial name
Elachista fuliginea
Braun, 1948

Elachista fuliginea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Massachusetts and southern Ontario.[1]

The wingspan is 9-10 mm for males and about 10 mm for females. The forewings are sooty black with a faint purple tinge before the fascia and slightly irrorated (speckled) beyond the fascia which is lustrous white. The hindwings are dark grey, irrorated with black.[2] Adults are have been recorded on wing in July.

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