Elachista Erebophthalma
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''Elachista erebophthalma'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
of the family Elachistidae. It is found in southernmost Victoria, Australia.Elachistine Moths of Australia: Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae
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wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is about 8.8 mm for males. The forewings are pale grey with dark grey tipped scales. The hindwings and fringe scales are grey.


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Moths described in 1897 erebophthalma Moths of Australia {{Elachista-stub