Elachista lorigera
| Elachista lorigera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. lorigera |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista lorigera (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Elachista lorigera is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found on Java.[2]
The wingspan is about 6 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, speckled with whitish on the basal half and towards the dorsum. There is a large dark fuscous tuft towards the dorsum before the middle and an oblique ochreous-white streak from the costa before the middle reaching half across the wing, between this and the base is some whitish suffusion towards the costa and there is an irregular-edged ochreous-white streak from 2/3 of the costa to just below the apex, broadened anteriorly by an extension over the cilia. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
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