Elachista picroleuca

Elachista picroleuca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. picroleuca
Binomial name
Elachista picroleuca
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Illantis picroleuca Meyrick, 1921

Elachista picroleuca 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 8 mm. The forewings are purplish-grey, irrorated with blackish, more strongly blackish towards the margins of an oblique-triangular white spot on the costa at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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