Elachista strepens
| Elachista strepens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. strepens
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| Binomial name | |
| Elachista strepens Meyrick, 1922
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Elachista strepens is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.[1] It is found in India (Assam).[2]
The wingspan is about 5 mm. The forewings are dark ashy-fuscous with a cloudy whitish dot on the costa at two-fifths and one at four-fifths. There are several white terminal specks. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista strepens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Markku Savela, ed. (9 May 2023). "Elachista". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. II. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 508.