Elachista symmorpha

Elachista symmorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. symmorpha
Binomial name
Elachista symmorpha
Braun, 1948

Elachista symmorpha is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in California and Oregon in the United States.[1]

The length of the forewings is 5.5 mm. The costa in the basal fifth of the forewing is gray. The ground color is white, irregularly dusted with dark brown tips of scales, forming an elongate spot in the middle of the wing at the fold. The hindwings are light gray and the underside of the wings is brownish gray.

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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