gelechioid moth
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Gelechioidea (from the type genus ''Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the Taxonomic rank, superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives, also simply called curved-horn moths or gelechioid moths. ...
grass-miner moth
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly results in a massively paraphyletic and co ...
family (Elachistidae). This family is sometimes (in particular in older sources) circumscribed very loosely, including for example the
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...
and
Ethmiidae
The Ethmiinae are a subfamily of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea sometimes included in the Elachistidae or the Oecophoridae, but mostly in the Depressariidae as a subfamily Ethmiinae.Wikispecies (2009-JUN-29), and see references in ...
which seem to be quite distinct among the Gelechioidea, as well as other lineages which are widely held to be closer to ''
Oecophora
''Oecophora'' is a genus of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae). Among these, it belongs to subfamily Oecophorinae. It is the type genus of its subfamily and family. Thus, regardless of the uncertain phylogeny, systematics and taxonomy of it ...
'' than to ''Elachista'' and are thus placed in the
concealer moth
Oecophoridae (concealer moths) is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this.
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family Oecophoridae here.
These grass-miners are very small moths with the "
feather
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs. They are the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier ...
y" hindwings characteristic of their family. They are essentially found worldwide, except in very cold places and on some oceanic islands; as usual for Gelechioidea, they are most common in the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
however. They usually have at least one, sometimes as many as three light bands running from leading to trailing edge of their forewing uppersides. Some species, however, have upper forewings that are mostly white.
Selected species
Not all species of this large genus have been discovered yet, let alone validly described and named. Several small genera, e.g. ''Biselachista'' and ''Cosmiotes'', are here included in ''Elachista'' as
junior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
s (see
below
Below may refer to:
*Earth
*Ground (disambiguation)
*Soil
*Floor
*Bottom (disambiguation)
Bottom may refer to:
Anatomy and sex
* Bottom (BDSM), the partner in a BDSM who takes the passive, receiving, or obedient role, to that of the top or ...
). They seem to be at least as closely related to '' E. bifasciella'' (the type species of the present genus) than other species commonly placed here, if not actually closer. In addition, ''Elachista'' contains several cryptic species complexes – such as the one around '' E. dispunctella'' and '' E. triseriatella'' – whose
systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic tre ...
and taxonomy are still not fully resolved.
A number of ''Elachista'' species have been assigned to one of several groups, which may or may not be
monophyletic
In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic gro ...
, and whose names in the literature do not consistently follow the usual
taxonomic
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification.
A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...
practice (i.e. using as namesake the group-member which was described first). Some of these groups are placed in either of the two large
subgenera
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
''Elachista'' (''Aphelosetia'') and ''Elachista'' (''Elachista''). Other proposed subgenera – the small ''Elachista'' (''Dibrachia'') and ''Elachista'' (''Hemiprosopa'') – are here included in the species of unclear relationships; like some small species-groups, they stand a chance of rendering the two larger subgenera
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
if accepted as distinct, but seem too unlike them to warrant placement in either.
Subgenus ''Elachista'' (''Aphelosetia'')
''argentella'' group (sometimes in ''bedellella'' group)
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Elachista acenteta
''Elachista acenteta'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Colorado and Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by Sout ...
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Elachista achrantella
''Elachista achrantella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Saskatchewan and Colorado.Kaila, L. 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistida ...
Elachista anagna
''Elachista anagna'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States in Arizona and Colorado.Kaila, L. 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Ac ...
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Elachista aphyodes
''Elachista aphyodes'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Utah, United States.Kaila, L. 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica ...
Elachista argentella
''Elachista argentella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is . The head is white. Forewings are white, sometimes ochreous- tinged. Hindwings in male grey in female grey-whit ...
Elachista controversa
''Elachista controversa'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2 ...
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Elachista dissona
''Elachista dissona'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Colorado.
The length of the forewings is .
Etymology
The species name is derived from Latin ''dissonus'' (meaning discordant or different).
References
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Elachista lomionella
''Elachista lomionella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Massachusetts.
The length of the forewings is . The forewings are short and broad. They are mottled dark brownish grey. The hindwings and underside of the wings are ...
Elachista louisella
''Elachista louisella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in California.
The length of the forewings is .
Etymology
The species name is an artificial combination of letters.
References
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Moths described in 1997
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Elachista nubila
''Elachista nubila'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Arizona.
The length of the forewings is . The forewings are broad, grey and densely dusted with light brown scales especially along the costa and in the distal half ...
Elachista orestella
''Elachista orestella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Alberta, Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon, Alaska, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York ...
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Elachista ossuaria
''Elachista ossuaria'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Alberta, Yukon, Arizona, Colorado, Montana and Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United St ...
Elachista scobifera
''Elachista scobifera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Arizona.
The length of the forewings is .
References
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Moths described in 1997
scobifera
Endemic fauna of Arizona
Endemic insects of the United States
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Elachista sincera
''Elachista sincera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to i ...
Elachista thelma
''Elachista thelma'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in California.
The length of the forewings is . References
Moths described in 1997
thelma
Thelma is a female given name. It was popularized by Victorian writer Marie ...
Elachista virgatula
''Elachista virgatula'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.
The length of the forewings is .
Etymology
The species name is derive ...
Elachista bedellella
''Elachista bedellella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from May to June and again in August in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on various species of grasses, inc ...
Elachista dispilella
''Elachista dispilella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Romania.
The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from May to August in one or two generations per year. ...
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Elachista dispunctella
''Elachista dispunctella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Fennoscandia, the Benelux, Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland and Iceland.
Adults are on wing from April to May an ...
Elachista dorinda
''Elachista dorinda'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Turkey.
The length of the forewings is 3.7–4.5 mm., 2007, ''Zootaxa'' 1629: 1-25/ref>
References
Elachista, dorinda
Moths described in 2007
Endemic faun ...
'' Kaila, 2007
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Elachista fasciola
''Elachista fasciola'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Europe (Latvia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy) east through Russia to Japan.
The length of the forewings is about .
The larvae feed on ...
Elachista gangabella
''Elachista gangabella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula.
The wingspan is . The head is blackish-grey.Forewings are blackish ; a straight somewhat inwardly oblique central whiti ...
'' Zeller, 1850
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Elachista gregori
''Elachista gregori'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Latvia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species, possibly ''Nardus stricta'' and/or ''Koeleria glauca''. They mine
Mine, ...
Elachista istanella
''Elachista istanella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain.
References
istanella
Moths described in 1987
Moths of Europe
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'' Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen, 1987
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Elachista laetella
''Elachista laetella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eas ...
Elachista levasi
''Elachista levasi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Turkmenistan.
The 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– ...
Elachista nedaella
''Elachista nedaella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found on Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the ...
Elachista obliquella
''Elachista obliquella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is .The head is ochreous- whitish. Antennae whitish-ringed. Forewings light grey, irrorated with blackish ;a nearly straight central whitish ...
Elachista pollutissima
''Elachista pollutissima'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Turkey.
References
pollutissima
Moths described in 1880
Endemic fauna of Turkey
Moths of Asia
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Elachista slivenica
''Elachista slivenica'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Bulgaria.
The length of the forewings is 4–4.3 mm.
References
Elachista, slivenica
Endemic fauna of Bulgaria
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 2007
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Elachista squamosella
''Elachista squamosella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Germany and Ukraine to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It is also found in Russia.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm.
The larvae feed on '' Carex montana''. ...
Elachista sutteri
''Elachista sutteri'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in Greece and Cyprus.
References
sutteri
Moths described in 2002
Moths of Europe
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'' Kaila, 2002
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Elachista tinctella
''Elachista tinctella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensi ...
Elachista triseriatella
''Elachista triseriatella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Great Britain, Denmark and Latvia to Spain and Italy.
The wingspan is about . The forewings are white with three rows of black scales on the disc. The hindwings a ...
Elachista acutella
''Elachista acutella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Russia (the Southern Ural Mountains).
The wingspan is 9.5–10.3 mm.
References
acutella
Moths described in 2003
Endemic fauna of Russia
Moths of Europe ...
Elachista andorraensis
''Elachista andorraensis'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain.
References
andorraensis
Moths described in 1988
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 1988
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Elachista anitella
''Elachista anitella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain, Ukraine and Russia.
References
Elachista, anitella
Moths described in 1985
Moths of Europe
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Elachista atrisquamosa
''Elachista atrisquamosa'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae which can be found in Croatia, Italy, Austria, Greece and Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a l ...
'' Staudinger, 1880
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Elachista baldizzonei
''Elachista baldizzonei'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Italy and Austria.
References
Elachista, baldizzonei
Moths described in 1996
Moths of Europe
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Elachista bengtssoni
''Elachista bengtssoni'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Spain.
References
bengtssoni
Moths described in 1992
Endemic fauna of Spain
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista casascoensis
''Elachista casascoensis'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Me ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 1992
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Elachista catalana
''Elachista catalana'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, San Marino and Croatia.
Adults are large (for ''Elachista'' species), unicolorous white or creamy white with variably paler or darker gre ...
Elachista chamaea
''Elachista chamaea'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Russia (the Southern Ural Mountains).
The wingspan is 9.3–10.8 mm.
References
chamaea
The wrentit (''Chamaea fasciata'') is a small bird that lives in ...
Elachista clintoni
''Elachista clintoni'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to France.
References
clintoni
Moths described in 1992
Endemic insects of Metropolitan France
Moths of Europe
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Elachista contisella
''Elachista contisella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in France.
References
Elachista, contisella
Moths described in 1922
Endemic insects of Metropolitan France
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista derbendi
''Elachista derbendi'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Parenti in 1981. It is found in Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. I ...
'' Parenti, 1981
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Elachista disemiella
''Elachista disemiella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in France, on the Iberian Peninsula and in Italy and Hungary.
The larvae feed on ''Ampelodesmos mauritanicus'' and ''Deschampsia cespitosa''. They mine
Mine, mines, mi ...
Elachista dumosa
''Elachista dumosa'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in North Macedonia and Ukraine.
References
dumosa
Moths described in 1981
Moths of Europe
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Elachista gibbera
''Elachista gibbera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in Russia (the Cheliabinsk district in the southern Ural Mountains).
The wingspan is 9.9–11.7 mm.
References
gibbera
''Gibbera'' is a genus of fungi ...
Elachista glaseri
''Elachista glaseri'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae, that is endemic to Spain.
References
glaseri
Moths described in 1992
Endemic fauna of Spain
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista graeca
''Elachista graeca'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Greece and Croatia.
References
Elachista, graeca
Moths described in 2002
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
'' Parenti, 2002
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Elachista grandella
''Elachista grandella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Germany and Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eas ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 1992
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Elachista grotenfelti
''Elachista grotenfelti'' is a moth species of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
The wingspan is . The forewing ground colour varies from snow white to yellowish white. The hindwings vary from yellowish w ...
'' Kaila, 2012
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Elachista habeleri
''Elachista argentella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is . The head is white. Forewings are white, sometimes ochreous- tinged. Hindwings in male grey in female grey- ...
Elachista ilicrina
''Elachista ilicrina'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Mark I. Falkovitsh in 1986. It is found in Uzbekistan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to t ...
Elachista jaeckhi
''Elachista jaeckhi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae first described by Ernst Christian Traugott-Olsen in 1990. It is found in the former Yugoslavia.Elachista jubarella'' Kaila, 2011
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Elachista karsholti
''Elachista karsholti'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Austria.
References
karsholti
Moths described in 1992
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista klimeschiella
''Elachista klimeschiella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in France, Switzerland
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Elachista lerauti
''Elachista lerauti'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas region ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 1992
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Elachista liskai
''Elachista liskai '' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Slovakia.
The wingspan is for males and for females.
References
liskai
Moths described in 2011
Endemic fauna of Slovakia
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista- ...
'' Kaila, 2011
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Elachista louiseae
''Elachista louiseae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain.
References
louiseae
Moths described in 1992
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista multipunctata
''Elachista multipunctata'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Tajikistan.
The length of the forewings is about 3.4 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white, strongly mottled with brown tipped scales. The hindwin ...
Elachista neapolisella
''Elachista neapolisella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found on Crete.
References
neapolisella
Moths described in 1985
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 1985
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Elachista nevadensis
''Elachista nevadensis'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain
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Elachista oukaimedenensis
''Elachista oukaimedenensis'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Traugott-Olsen in 1988. It is found in Spain and Morocco.
References
Moths described in 1988
oukaimedenensis
Moths of Africa
Moths of Europe
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Elachista ozeini
''Elachista ozeini'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Italy.
References
ozeini
Moths described in 2004
Moths of Europe
Endemic fauna of Italy
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista passerini
''Elachista passerini'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in France, Spain and Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the ...
Elachista pollutella
''Elachista pollutella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from France and Belgium to Ukraine and from Germany to Italy, Hungary and Romania. It has also been recorded from Greece, southern parts of European Russia and the Crimea, ...
Elachista rikkeae
''Elachista rikkeae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae which is endemic to Spain.
References
rikkeae
Moths described in 1992
Endemic fauna of Spain
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista steueri
''Elachista steueri'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland.
References
steueri
Moths described in 1990
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista turkensis
''Elachista turkensis'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Traugott-Olsen in 1990. It is found in Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a li ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 1990
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Elachista unicornis
''Elachista unicornis'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Parenti in 1991. It is found in Mongolia.
References
Moths described in 1991
unicornis
Moths of Asia
{{Elachista-stub ...
'' Parenti, 1991
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Elachista vanderwolfi
''Elachista vanderwolfi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Spain, France and Austria.
References
Elachista, vanderwolfi
Moths described in 1992
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista vulcana
''Elachista vulcana'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain and Morocco.
The wingspan is 12–12.5 mm for males and 14 mm for females.
References
Elachista, vulcana
Moths described in 2011
Moths of Europe
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Elachista zuernbaueri
''Elachista catalana'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, San Marino and Croatia.
Adults are large (for ''Elachista'' species), unicolorous white or creamy white with variably paler or dar ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 1990
Subgenus ''Elachista'' (''Atachia'')
These are sorted in the presumed phylogenetic sequence.Kaila (2011)
''gerasmia'' group, ''gerasmia'' section
Elachista carcharota
''Elachista carcharota'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
The wingspan is for males. The forewings are pale grey. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on '' Lepidosp ...
Elachista eriodes
''Elachista eriodes'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Australia state of New South Wales and on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.
The wingspan is about 12.4 mm for males and 12.2 mm for females. The ...
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Elachista illota
''Elachista illota'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in south-western Western Australia.
The wingspan is 9.4-11.2 mm for males. The forewings are blue. The hindwings are grey.
The larvae feed on ''Lepidosperma'' species. ...
Elachista merista
''Elachista merista'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in south-eastern Tasmania and Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
The wingspan is about for males. The forewings and hindwings are pale.
References
merista
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Elachista averta
''Elachista averta'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia in eastern New South Wales and Queensland.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other w ...
Elachista flavicilia
''Elachista flavicilia'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia.
The wingspan is for males and for females. The forewings are rusty brown intermixed with bluish white scales forming irregular longitudinal stripes, ex ...
Elachista effusi
''Elachista effusi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia.
References
Moths described in 2011
Elachista, effusi
Moths of Australia
Taxa named by Lauri Kaila
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Elachista catagma
''Elachista catagma'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
Elachista nodosae
''Elachista nodosae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
Elachista ligula
''Elachista ligula'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia.
References
Moths described in 2011
ligula
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Elachista ascidiella
''Elachista ascidiella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia.
References
Moths described in 2011
ascidiella
''Ascidiella'' is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Ascidiidae.
The genus has almost cos ...
Elachista prolatella
''Elachista prolatella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
Elachista campsella
''Elachista campsella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent) ...
Elachista pharetra
''Elachista pharetra'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia.
References
Moths described in 2011
pharetra
''Acronicta'' is a genus of noctuid moths containing about 150 species distributed mainly in the tem ...
Elachista euthema
''Elachista euthema'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia.
References
Moths described in 2011
Endemic fauna of Australia
Elachista, euthema
Moths of Australia
{{Elachista-stub ...
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Elachista cynopa
''Elachista cynopa'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales. The wingspan is 7.2–8.2 mm for males and 7.6–8.8&nb ...
Elachista listrionea
''Elachista listrionea'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Australian state of New South Wales.
The wingspan is about 7 mm for males.
References
Moths described in 2011
listrionea
Moths of Australia
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Elachista crumilla
''Elachista crumilla'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), A ...
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Elachista aposematica
''Elachista aposematica'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae
The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrange ...
Elachista platysma
''Elachista platysma'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), A ...
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Elachista stictifica
''Elachista stictifica'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
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Elachista lachnella
''Elachista lachnella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia.
References
Moths described in 2011
Endemic fauna of Australia
lachnella
''Lachnella'' is a genus of cyphelloid fungi in the Niaceae
The Nia ...
Elachista fabarella
''Elachista faberella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
Elachista gladiatrix
''Elachista gladiatrix'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent ...
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Elachista spongicola
''Elachista spongicola'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae which is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent ...
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''gerasmia'' group, ''catarata'' section
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Elachista menura
''Elachista menura'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in the coastal areas and mountainous areas of New South Wales and Queensland.
The wingspan is for males and for females.
The larvae feed on '' Gahnia clarkei''. They ...
Elachista crocospila
''Elachista crocospila'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia in south-eastern New South Wales.
The wingspan is 6.6-6.9 mm for males and 7.1-7.8 mm for females. The forewings are blue in males and black wit ...
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Elachista glomerella
''Elachista glomerella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is endemic to northern Queensland, Australia.
The wingspan is for males and for females.
The larvae have been reared on a '' Carex'' species.
References
Moths descr ...
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* '' Elachista sphaerella''
* ''Elachista'' cf. ''sphaerella'' A
* ''Elachista'' cf. ''sphaerella'' B
* ''Elachista'' cf. ''sphaerella'' C
* ''Elachista'' cf. ''sphaerella'' D
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Elachista sapphirella
''Elachista sapphirella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in south-eastern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance f ...
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Elachista patersoniae
''Elachista patersoniae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
The wingspan is for males and for females.
The larvae feed on ''Patersonia sericea'' and '' Patersonia longifolia''. T ...
Elachista mutarata
''Elachista mutarata'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory.
The wingspan is for males and for females.
The larvae feed on ''Carex appressa''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may ...
Elachista asperae
''Elachista asperae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found along the coast of New South Wales, Australia.
The wingspan is 8.8-9.2 mm for males and 10.3 mm for females. The forewings are pale grey. The hindwings are gre ...
Elachista erebophthalma
''Elachista erebophthalma'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in southernmost Victoria, Australia.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ...
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Elachista evexa
''Elachista evexa'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in New South Wales, Australia.
The wingspan is about 12 mm for males and 11.4–12 mm for females.
References
Moths described in 2011
Elachista, evexa
Mot ...
Elachista puplesisi
''Elachista puplesisi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Turkmenistan.
The wingspan is for males.
References
Elachista, puplesisi
Moths described in 2000
Moths of Asia
Endemic fauna of Turkmenistan
{{Elachista- ...
Elachista dasycara
''Elachista dasycara'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is in North America, including Colorado, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the oth ...
'' Kaila, 1999 (=''albella'' (Chambers, 1877) nec Muller, 1776)
Subgenus ''Elachista'' (''Elachista'')
''albifrontella''/''bifasciella'' group
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Elachista aerinella
''Elachista aerinella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona and California., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifas ...
Elachista amrodella
''Elachista amrodella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Colorado., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelin ...
Elachista atricomella
''Elachista atricomella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is about . The head is blackish, whitish sprinkled,
face in female whitish. Forewings blackish, pale sprinkled; a somewhat obliqu ...
Elachista bifasciella
''Elachista bifasciella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from the Netherlands to Poland. It is the type species of the genus ''Elachista''.
The wingspan is . Adults are on wing ...
Elachista diorella
''Elachista diorella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelinea ...
Elachista elegans
''Elachista elegans'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Italy, Hungary and the Crimea and from Germany to Russia.
The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from July to August in one or two generations per ...
Elachista gildorella
''Elachista gildorella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praeline ...
'' Kaila, 1999
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Elachista gorlimella
''Elachista gorlimella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmo ...
Elachista haldarella
''Elachista haldarella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Nevada and California., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifas ...
'' Kaila, 1999
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Elachista hiranoi
''Elachista hiranoi'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sugisima in 2005. 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 nort ...
'' Sugisima, 2005
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Elachista indisella
''Elachista indisella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of th ...
Elachista kilmunella
''Elachista kilmunella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is .
Adults are on wing from May to August. The head is grey, whitish sprinkled. Forewings are dark grey, basal area in female whitish ; ...
Elachista maglorella
''Elachista maglorella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The C ...
Elachista morwenella
''Elachista morwenella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Canada, where it has been recorded from British Columbia., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praeline ...
Elachista olorinella
''Elachista olorinella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Alaska., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praeline ...
Elachista sulcsiella
''Elachista sulcsiella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Repu ...
Elachista tauronella
''Elachista tauronella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, pra ...
Elachista turgonella
''Elachista turgonella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, prael ...
Elachista anserinella
''Elachista anserinella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in regions extending from Scandinavia and the Baltic region to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from France to Russia.
The wingspan is . Adults are on the wing ...
Elachista maculicerusella
''Elachista maculicerusella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
The wingspan is . The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. The head is whitish. Forewings are ochreous- whitish ; sometimes two or three dark ...
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Elachista rufocinerea
''Elachista rufocinerea'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
The wingspan is . The head is whitish. Forewings white, in male densely irrorated with brown, in female more. thinly with ochreous. Hindwings in male dark grey, in f ...
Elachista madarella
''Elachista madarella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania.
The wingsp ...
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Elachista nitensella
''Elachista nitensella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in Japan (Hokkaidô, Honsyû, Kyûsy) and the Russian Far East
The Russian Far East (russian: Дальний Вост ...
Elachista commoncommelinae
''Elachista commoncommelinae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found along the coast of tropical Queensland.
The wingspan is for males and for females. The forewings are black with a bronzy sheen. The hindwings are dark grey.
The ...
Elachista polliae
''Elachista polliae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
The wingspan is 5.6–6 mm for males and 6-6.2 mm for females. The forewings are blue basally with black scales distally. The hindwings ...
Elachista ibunella
''Elachista ibunella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from California., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praeli ...
'' Kaila, 1999
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Elachista kurokoi
''Elachista kurokoi'' 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 nort ...
Elachista nienorella
''Elachista nienorella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. ...
Elachista turinella
''Elachista turinella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelinea ...
Elachista pomerana
''Elachista pomerana'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is .
The larvae feed on common wild oat (''Avena fatua''), wood small-reed (''Calamagrostis epigejos''), floating sweet-grass (''Glyceria flui ...
Elachista zernyi
''Elachista zernyi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Fennoscandia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. It is also found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almo ...
Elachista dulcinella
''Elachista dulcinella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to ...
'' Kaila, 1999
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Elachista hedionella
''Elachista hedionella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Michigan., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus ''Elachista'' s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelinea ...
Elachista suavella
''Elachista suavella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Arizona.
References
Elachista, suavella
Moths described in 1999
Moths of North America
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista baltica
''Elachista baltica'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Sweden, Finland, Poland.
The larvae feed on ''Festuca rubra, Festuca rubra arenaria''. They leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant.
Taxonomy
The species was pre ...
Elachista deficiens
''Elachista deficiens'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Sri Lanka.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
Elachista exactella
''Elachista exactella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, east to Romania, north through France and the Benelux to Fennoscandia, east through central Europe to the Baltic region and northern Russia.
...
Elachista lorigera
''Elachista lorigera'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found on Java.
The wingspan is about . The forewings are dark fuscous, speckled with whitish on the basal half and towards the do ...
'' (Meyrick, 1921) (type of ''Ptilodoxa'')
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Elachista neithanella
''Elachista neithanella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bo ...
Elachista ochroleuca
''Elachista ochroleuca'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island. The adults of this species are day flying and are on the wing fr ...
Elachista tuberella
''Elachista tuberella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sruoga in 2008. It is found in Nepal. The habitat consists of mixed secondary scrub and pine forests.
References
Moths described in 2008
tuberella
Moths ...
Elachista freyerella
''Elachista freyerella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in North America.
Description
The wingspan is .The head is dark grey, whitish-sprinkled, face
paler or w ...
Elachista dieropa
''Elachista dieropa'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
Elachista citrina
''Elachista citrina'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), A ...
Elachista gemadella
''Elachista gemadella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), ...
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Elachista ravella
''Elachista ravella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae which is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent) ...
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Elachista cerina
''Elachista cerina'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Aus ...
Elachista zophosema
''Elachista zophosema'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from higher altitudes in Tasmania.
The wingspan is 7.2–8 mm for males and about 6.8 mm for females. The ground colour ...
Elachista cerrita
''Elachista cerrita'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia.
The wingspan is about 5.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is bluish white basally with grey and brown-tipped scales. The hindwings are dark grey.
...
Elachista impiger
''Elachista impiger'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Au ...
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Elachista alacera
''Elachista alacera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Au ...
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Elachista essymena
''Elachista essymena'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania
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Elachista festina
''Elachista festina'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia, where it has been recorded from southern Queensland to coastal New South Wales.
The wingspan is . The ground colour of the forewings is pale grey, with bro ...
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''Elachista synethes'' complexSorted in the presumed phylogenetic sequence (Kaila, 2011).
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Elachista fucosa
''Elachista fucosa'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the dry interior areas of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.
The wingspan is . The forewings are pale grey and the hindwings are gr ...
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Elachista seductilis
''Elachista seductilis'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to New South Wales.
The wingspan is for males and for females.
The larvae feed on ''Carex appressa'' and ''Cyperus exaltatus''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners ...
Elachista helvola
''Elachista helvola'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent ...
Elachista agilis
''Elachista agilis'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Alberta and Montana.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to th ...
Elachista cinereopunctella
''Elachista cinereopunctella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is The head is grey, face white. Forewings are grey, irrorated with dark fuscous ; a central fascia not reaching dorsum, a spot on tor ...
Elachista ensifera
''Elachista ensifera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent) ...
Elachista fulgens
''Elachista fulgens'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan (Kyûsyû, Ryûkyû; Honsyû).
The length of the forewings is for males and for females.
The larvae feed on ''Carex acut ...
Elachista jordanella
''Elachista jordanella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1935. It is found in Palestine.
References
Moths described in 1935
jordanella
The flagfish (''Jordanella floridae''), also known as ...
Elachista leucosyrma
''Elachista leucosyrma'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is found in India.
References
Moths described in 1932
leucosyrma
Moths of Asia
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista nevadella
''Elachista nevadella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Spain.
References
nevadella
''Nevadella'' is an extinct genus of trilobites, fossil marine arthropods, with species of average size (about long). It lived du ...
'' Traugott-Olsen, 2000
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Elachista occidentalis
''Elachista occidentalis'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Ireland to Poland.
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on ''Carex digitata'' and ''Carex eri ...
Elachista quadripunctella
''Elachista quadripunctella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Scandinavia and Latvia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Romania.
The wingspan is 10–12 mm.
The larvae feed on ''Carex flacca'', ''L ...
Elachista ribentella
''Elachista ribentella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.
The length of the forewings is for males and for females.
The larvae feed on ''Carex blepharicarpa''. They mine
Mine, mines, mine ...
'' Kaila & Varalda, 2004
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Elachista saarelai
''Elachista saarelai'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to southern Finland.
The wingspan is for males and for females.
The larvae feed on ''Carex digitata'' and possibly '' Carex pediformis''. They mine
Mine, mines, mi ...
Elachista tetragonella
''Elachista tetragonella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Spain and Italy and from France to Bulgaria.
The wingspan is . Adults are on wing in January and again in June.
The larvae feed on ''Carex ...
Elachista albicapitella
''Elachista albicapitella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north b ...
'' Engel, 1907
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Elachista albisquamella
''Elachista albisquamella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Zeller in 1877. It is found in Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in N ...
Elachista archaeonoma
''Elachista archaeonoma'' is a species of moth in the family Elachistidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889 and named ''Ela ...
Elachista arnoldi
''Elachista arnoldi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in the Netherlands and Germany.
The larvae probably feed on '' Carex''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a p ...
'' (Koster, 1993)
* ''
Elachista beothucella
''Elachista beothucella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Canada, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Marit ...
Elachista bisetella
''Elachista bisetella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extens ...
Elachista caelebs
''Elachista caelebs'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th centur ...
Elachista cerasella
''Elachista cerasella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Nebraska.
References
cerasella
''Cerasella'' is a 1959 Italian teen comedy film directed by Raffaello Mat ...
'' Kaila, 1996
* ''
Elachista ciliigera
''Elachista ciliigera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Mississippi.
References
ciliigera
Moths described in 1996
Moths of North America
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Elachista contaminatella
''Elachista contaminatella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found from France, Austria and Slovakia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Sicily. It is also found in Bulgaria and Russia.
The wingspan is about .
The larvae feed on ...
Elachista encumeadae
''Elachista encumeadae'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Madeira.
There are at least two generations per year.
The larvae feed on '' Festuca donax''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction ...
'' Kaila & Karsholt, 2002
* ''
Elachista ermolenkoi
''Elachista ermolenkoi'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia.
References
Moths described in 1995
ermolenkoi
Moths of Asia
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Elachista falaxella
''Elachista falaxella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia.
References
Moths described in 1995
falaxella
Moths of Asia
{{Elachista-stub ...
'' Sinev & Sruoga, 1995
* ''
Elachista fuliginea
''Elachista fuliginea'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by th ...
Elachista grandiferella
''Elachista grandiferella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sruoga in 1992. It is found in Central Asia.
References
Moths described in 1992
Elachista, grandiferella
Moths of Asia
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Elachista gruenewaldi
''Elachista gruenewaldi'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Italy.
References
gruenewaldi
Moths described in 2002
Endemic fauna of Italy
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista huron
''Elachista huron'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Iowa.
References
huron
Huron may refer to:
People
* Wyandot people (or Wendat), indigenous to North America
* W ...
Elachista lambeseella
''Elachista lambeseella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Nielsen and Traugott-Olsen in 1987. It is found in Algeria.
References
Moths described in 1987
lambeseella
Moths of Africa
{{Elachista-stub ...
'' Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen, 1987
* ''
Elachista latebrella
''Elachista latebrella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia and Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in ...
'' Sinev & Sruoga, 1995
* ''
Elachista lenape
''Elachista lenape'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from New Jersey.
References
lenape
The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Le ...
'' Kaila, 1996
* ''
Elachista leucofrons
''Elachista leucofrons'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Maine, Ohio, North Carolina, California, Colorado and New Mexico. The habitat consists of low-lying deciduous ...
'' Braun, 1920
* ''
Elachista maculosella
''Elachista maculosella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in France, Germany and Italy.
References
Elachista, maculosella
Moths described in 1896
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista minuta
''Elachista minuta'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in Spain and on Crete.
References
minuta
This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classica ...
Elachista morandinii
''Elachista morandinii'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Italy and Hungary.
References
morandinii
Moths described in 2003
Moths of Europe
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista nigrothoracella
''Elachista nigrothoracella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia and Sakhalin.
References
Moths described in 1995
nigrothoracella
Moths of Asia
...
Elachista parasella
''Elachista excelsicola'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Austria, Poland, Fennoscandia and northern Russia. It is also found in North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almos ...
Elachista rufella
''Elachista rufella'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in south-eastern Siberia.
References
Moths described in 1995
rufella
Moths of Asia
{{Elachista-stub ...
Elachista gibbera
''Elachista gibbera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in Russia (the Cheliabinsk district in the southern Ural Mountains).
The wingspan is 9.9–11.7 mm.
References
gibbera
''Gibbera'' is a genus of fungi ...
The following species are excluded from the genus ''Elachista'', but have not yet been placed in another genus:
* ''Elachista arctodyta'' Meyrick, 1897
* ''Elachista argopis'' Meyrick, 1897
* ''Elachista cataptila'' Meyrick, 1897
* ''Elachista demogenes'' Meyrick, 1897
* ''Elachista parvipulvella'' Chambers 1875
junior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
s and others) of ''Elachista'' in the circumscription as presented here are:AEBR (2008), FE (2009), Wikispecies (2009-SEP-27), and see references in Savela (2008)
* (2008): Australian Faunal Directory &ndash ''Elachista'' Version of 9 October 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
* (2009) ''Elachista'' Version 2.1, 22 December 2009. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
* (2011): ''Elachistine Moths of Australia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Elachistidae)'' (Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series 11). CSIRO Publishing. Preview at Google Books
* (1973): ''Schmetterlinge Oberösterreichs'' (Vol. 6: Microlepidoptera) [in German]. Landwirtschaftskammer für Oberösterreich.
* (2004) Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species &ndash ''Elachista'' Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
* (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms &ndash Version of 19 July 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
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Moth genera
Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
Taxa named by Georg Friedrich Treitschke