Eclactistis

Eclactistis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Eclactistis
Meyrick, 1913
Species: E. byrseuta
Binomial name
Eclactistis byrseuta
Meyrick, 1913
Type species
Eclactistis byrseuta Meyrick, 1913

Eclactistis is a genus of moths of the Oecophoridae family.

There is only one species in this genus: Eclactistis byrseuta (Meyrick, 1913) that is found in New Guinea[1] This species has a wingspan of 14-15mm.

An Australian species Eclactistis anisopasta Turner 1935 that was described in this genus was transferred to Baioglossa.[2]

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