Elachista filiphila

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

Elachista filiphila is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the southern coast of Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 8.8–9.2 millimetres (0.35–0.36 in) for males and 8.6 millimetres (0.34 in) for females. The forewings are bluish grey. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on an unidentified Cyperaceae species. They mine the culms of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow gallery which is directed straight upward. Later it turns downward, first under the epidermis, broadening until the whole stem is hollow. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

References

  1. Lauri Kaila (2011). "Elachistine Moths of Australia: Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae". Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera (CSIRO) 2: 214.

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