Elachista stramineola is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California,[1] Alberta,[2] Washington, British Columbia and Montana.[3]

Elachista stramineola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. stramineola
Binomial name
Elachista stramineola
Braun, 1921

The wingspan is 9–11.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous, somewhat dusted with yellowish white, especially in the basal third. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing in July.

References edit

  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group. "Elachista stramineola – 1107". Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ Pohl, Greg; Anweiler, Gary; Schmidt, Christian; Kondla, Norbert (2010). Annotated List of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. PenSoft Publishers. pp. 71, 323. ISBN 978-954-642-534-8.
  3. ^ Annette F. Braun (1948). Elachistidae of North America (Microleptidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Vol. 13. Philadelphia: American Entomological Society. pp. 62–64.
  4. ^ Braun, Annette F. (1921). "Two Weeks Collecting in Glacier National Park" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 73 (1): 1–23. ISSN 0097-3157. JSTOR 4063797.