Elachista orestella

Elachista orestella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. orestella
Binomial name
Elachista orestella
Busck, 1908

Elachista orestella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in North America in Alberta, Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon, Alaska, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.1-5.7 mm. The forewings are broad. The costa in the basal sixth is grey, while the ground colour is white, irregularly dusted with grey tips of scales especially in distal part. The hindwings are shining light grey and translucent. The underside of the wings is grey.

References

  1. 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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