Elachista staintonella

Elachista staintonella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. staintonella
Binomial name
Elachista staintonella
Chambers, 1878

Elachista staintonella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1]

The forewing are pale ocherous, with brownish dusting and an irregular angulated creamy white fascia before the middle, as well as a faintly defined narrower acutely angulated fascia at two-thirds. The basal third of the wing is ocherous. The hindwings are yellowish white, with fuscous dusting.[2]

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