Elachista exaula

Elachista exaula is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.[1] It is found in New Zealand.[2]

Elachista exaula
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E. exaula
Binomial name
Elachista exaula
Meyrick, 1889

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, irrorated with grey, more closely and suffusedly on the costa and more yellowish-tinged in the disc. There is a slender black median streak from near the base to before the middle and a black elongate dot in the disc above the middle, and a second, larger and more distinctly elongate, below it. There is also a slender black median streak from two-thirds to near the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista exaula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018. Note: This source has 1888 as the year of description.
  2. Elachista at funet
  3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 21, 1888


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