Elatobia montelliella

Elatobia montelliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Elatobia
Species: E. montelliella
Binomial name
Elatobia montelliella
(Schantz, 1951)
Synonyms
  • Tinea montelliella Schantz, 1951

Elatobia montelliella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found in Finland, as well as North America where has been recorded from Alberta and Utah.

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. The forewings are greyish black with a brownish hue, sparsely strewn with pale scales and with a blackish spot at the outer margin of the discal cell.[1]

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