Elachista achrantella
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Elachista achrantella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. achrantella
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Binomial name | |
Elachista achrantella Kaila, 1997
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Elachista achrantella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Saskatchewan and Colorado.[1]
The length of the forewings is 4.2–5.7 mm. The costa in the basal sixth of the forewing is brownish grey, otherwise it is unicolorous silky while. The hindwings are translucent light grey and the underside of the wings is grey.
Etymology
The species name is an artificial combination of letters.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ Kaila, L. 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 206: 1–93.
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