Elachista picroleuca

Elachista picroleuca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward 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]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Illantis picroleuca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ Illantis at funet
^ Zool. Meded. Leyden 6 : 187 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Illantis picroleuca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[2] Illantis at funet

[3] Zool. Meded. Leyden 6 : 187 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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