''Elegia relictella'' is a species of

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...

in the genus ''

Elegia Elegia may refer to: * The Latin term for "elegy" * ''Elegia'' (moth), a snout moth genus in subfamily Phycitinae * ''Elegia'' (plant), a South African plant genus in family Restionaceae * , 1979 Polish film directed by Paweł Komorowski * Elegia ...

''. It was described by

Aristide Caradja Aristide Caradja (28 September 1861 – 29 May 1955) was a Romanian entomologist and lawyer. Life Aristide Caradja was born in 1861 to the Caradja family, nobles with Greek-Byzantine origins who had serves as dignitaries in the Ottoman Empire. Hi ...

in 1925 and is known from

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Moths described in 1925 Phycitini Taxa named by Aristide Caradja {{Phycitini-stub