Elachista chilotera
Appearance
Elachista chilotera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. chilotera
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Binomial name | |
Elachista chilotera Kaila, 2011
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Elachista chilotera is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia in south-western Western Australia.[1]
Adults are ash grey.
The larvae feed on Lepidosperma tuberculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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- ^ Kaila, Lauri (2011). Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Canberra: Csiro Publishing. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-643-10305-4.