Elachista chilotera

Elachista chilotera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. chilotera
Binomial name
Elachista chilotera
Kaila, 2011

Elachista chilotera is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia in south-western Western Australia.[1]

Adults are ash grey.

The larvae feed on Lepidosperma tuberculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a swollen chamber in the center of the leaf. Pupation takes place outside of the mine on a leaf of the host plant.

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