''Elachista caliginosa'' is a
moth in the family
Elachistidae. It was described by Parenti in 1983. It is found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(Honshu) and the
Russian Far East (Primorsky Kray).
The length of the forewings is 2.5–3 mm for males and 2.7-3.2 mm for females
The larvae feed on ''
Eccoilopus cotulifer
''Spodiopogon'' is a genus of Asian plants in the grass family.
One species, '' Spodiopogon formosanus'', is grown as a cultivated millet
Millets () are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cer ...
'' and possibly ''
Spodiopogon sibiricus''. They
mine the leaves of their host plant.
Elachista at funet
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References
Moths described in 1983
caliginosa
Moths of Japan
Moths of Asia
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