Elachista staintonella
Elachista staintonella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukarya |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. staintonella |
Binomial name | |
Elachista staintonella Chambers, 1878 | |
Elachista staintonella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1]
The forewings are pale ocherous, with brownish dusting and an irregular angulated creamy white fascia before the middle, as well as a faintly defined narrower acutely angulated fascia at two-thirds. The basal third of the wing is ocherous. The hindwings are yellowish white, with fuscous dusting.[2]
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